tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7242784501206993229..comments2024-03-28T11:00:59.091-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: History within four walls: the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New MexicoPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10061567496380160942018-10-12T10:57:48.593-05:002018-10-12T10:57:48.593-05:00If you’re over ~5’8” also double the check the bed...If you’re over ~5’8” also double the check the beds in the main hotel before selecting one of those rooms. I, at 5’8”, had only a few inches total clearance for head and feet in those antique beds. Super cool historical building but stay there for that as the modern amenities are, umm, lacking as described. I took lots of photos on my trip back as I hadn’t when a medic one summer there at Philmont.Jayhawk94https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695311068319815752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83658530526562634562018-10-12T01:01:37.243-05:002018-10-12T01:01:37.243-05:00I stayed at the St. James back around 1994-1995. I...I stayed at the St. James back around 1994-1995. I was heading down to Taos with my at-the-time girlfriend. It was a fun place to stay for a night, but I wouldn't go back, either. I don't remember which room we had.<br /><br />I remember they claimed that the painting in the stairwell (conquistadors, IIRC) showed a ghost, but to me, it looked like an extra figure the artist painted over was starting to show through.wheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883965739766080342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61129524249859779192018-10-11T20:22:22.771-05:002018-10-11T20:22:22.771-05:00Head up to Sheridan Wyoming. It is near the Custe...Head up to Sheridan Wyoming. It is near the Custer Battle field and there is a hotel there made out of an old grain silo. Nice rooms and quiet. Not bad pricing as I recall.<br /><br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55831195323168742752018-10-11T19:37:35.770-05:002018-10-11T19:37:35.770-05:00@Richard: Thanks for the book recommendation. I&...@Richard: Thanks for the book recommendation. I've ordered a copy.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64957448424715581902018-10-11T18:24:39.192-05:002018-10-11T18:24:39.192-05:00A sign of the times in that list of killings - Bla...A sign of the times in that list of killings - Black soldiers were listed as such, all others were listed by name... not condoning, just an observation... Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68291132795994144252018-10-11T14:56:13.328-05:002018-10-11T14:56:13.328-05:00Lots of fun reading about your travels around CO a...Lots of fun reading about your travels around CO and NM and your impressions of places I have knocked around in forever.<br /><br />Re food, the hotel, etc. Food was very different in the Rocky Mountain West even 50-60 years ago when I was a kid. My grandma's mom was a cook in a bunkhouse and my grandma cooked accordingly. Fresh fruits and vegetable were rare in the winter up in Montana even when I was little. I can rattle on of course. Of course things are very different now. <br /><br />Anyway flavors and menus were quite different in a lot of ways even when I was little let alone 150 years ago. There is a wonderful book I have that you may like that gives lots of good info, period stories etc. "Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail: Recipes and Lore from the Old West" by Samuel P. Arnold. I suspect that Ames was probably late enough to the game that he never ate boudins (buffalo guts complete with partially digested grass roasted in the camp fire) but I bet he ate lots of the things mentioned in the book!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05794819428417507627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59727449265775526852018-10-11T14:40:23.324-05:002018-10-11T14:40:23.324-05:00My parents talked of once being forced by weather ...My parents talked of once being forced by weather to stay in a hotel in Powell, Wyoming, just a few miles shot of their actual destination. This place was old, old school so they consciously asked to have a room near the bathroom, which they got. Inconveniently, the toilet room was down at the other end of the hall.<br /><br />Cody, Wyoming near Powell has the Irma Hotel. No shootings but it was established by Buffalo Bill and named after his daughter. The cherry-wood back bar there was a gift from Queen Victoria.Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45188610953655596602018-10-11T10:56:23.616-05:002018-10-11T10:56:23.616-05:00$12 was a steep price to pay for a place to lay on...$12 was a steep price to pay for a place to lay one's head.<br />OTOH, I offered my 6 year old daughter a room with heat in winter for the weekend or a room without heat but with hot water. The Dallas/Ft Worth jet base was such a wonder of suck-it-up and they weren't even dealing with reservists. It is just how they rolled.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.com