Ihotele i-Eldridge: Umlilo, ukubulawa kwabantu kunye nokubuyiselwa

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Esi siphawuli sembali silandelayo samiswa ngoAprili 4, 1940 yiLawrence Rotary Club:

“Oku kuphawula indawo yehotele yaseFreyistata eyakhiwa ngo-1855 yiNew England Emigrant Aid Society. Itshatyalaliswe nguSheriff Jones kunye nesikhundla sakhe ngoMeyi 21, 1856, kwaye yakhiwa ngokutsha nguCol. Schaler W. Eldridge. UQuantrill kunye nabahlaseli bakhe batshabalalisa uLawrence ngo-Agasti 21, 1863, bayitshisa ihotele kwaye babulala abemi. UCol. Eldridge wayibuyisela ihotele eyayikho de kwangowe-1926 xa yaphinda yakhiwa nguWG Hutson.”

U-WG "Billy" Hutson wayengumkhulu wehotele eyaziwayo uMichael Getto (Ihotele yase-Hills, eLaguna Hills, eCalifornia). UBilly Hutson wathenga i-Eldridge House ngo-1906 waza wayiqhuba de kwangowe-1926 xa ihotele yangoku yayisakhiwa. UMike Getto, Sr. walawula ihotele ukusuka ngo-1942 ukuya kutsho ngo-1958. Wayengumntu waseMelika owiswayo kwiDyunivesithi yasePittsburgh owayedlala kwi-1929 Rose Bowl. Waqeqesha kwiYunivesithi yaseKansas (1929-1939) kunye (1946-1952), waqeqesha iqela lebhola ekhatywayo laseBrooklyn Dodger ukusuka ngo-1939 ukuya ku-1942. UMike Getto wayephethe i-Eldridge Hotel ukususela ngo-1958 ukuya ku-1970. Uxela ukuba unina wazalelwa e-Eldridge Ihotele kunye nokuba uyise wafela khona.

Ngomnyaka we-1855, i-New England Emigrant Aid Society yaseMassachusetts yakha ihotele yokuqala ukuze ihlalise abahlali abatsha abafika eLawrence de kwakhiwe izindlu zabo ezisisigxina. Esi sakhiwo sasinemigangatho emithathu, kuquka nomgangatho ongaphantsi, amagumbi eendwendwe angamashumi amahlanu, amagumbi angaphandle, uphahla olusicaba lweendlela zokuhamba, nezitali zamahashe angamashumi amahlanu anendawo yokugcina iinqwelo. UMbutho wayalela abameli bawo, uCharles Robinson noSamuel Pomeroy ukuba bagqibe ukwakha ngokukhawuleza kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Xa ukunqongophala kwemali kwalibazisa ukugqitywa, uRobinson noPomeroy bayiqeshisa ihotele kuShalor W. Eldridge kunye nabazalwana bakhe uThomas, uEdsin noJames. Bagqiba ukwakhiwa kwaye bayibiza ngokuba yi-Eldridge House.

Kuba esona sizathu siphambili idolophu yaseLawrence yasekwa kukuzinzisa indawo yaseKansas esandula ukuchongwa kunye nabameli abachasene nobukhoboka, isixeko kunye neFreystata zaba luphawu lokuchasa umthetho oxhasa ubukhoboka kunye nabaxhasi bawo.

Ekuqaleni kukaMeyi 1856, kwinyanga emva kokuvulwa kwehotele, iDouglas County Grand Jury yacebisa ukuba kususwe iHotele yaseFreyistata kunye namaphephandaba amabini kaLawrence, iHerald of Freedom kunye neKansas Free-State, iwachaza “njengenkathazo.” U-Sheriff waseDouglas County, uSamuel Jones, wathunyelwa kuLawrence ukuba abambe abantu abaninzi kwaye enze iingcebiso zeNkundla Ephakamileyo.

Ngomhla wama-21 kuMeyi, uSheriff Jones, kunye nesikhundla sakhe, bahlanganisana ngaphandle kweHotele yaseFreyistata kwaye wanika i-Eldridges kude kube yintsimbi yesi-5 PM ukuba ihambe phambi kokuba isakhiwo sitshatyalaliswe. Ngoxa ihotele yayiphuma, inxalenye yelo hlokondiba elalinomsindo yatshabalalisa iiofisi zamaphephandaba amabini aloo dolophu nezixhobo zawo zokushicilela. Ngaphambi komhla wokugqibela we-5 PM, amadoda amaninzi kaJones aqala ukulungisa inkanunu ebekwe phambi kwehotele. Ephelelwe ngumonde, la madoda aqala ukudubula i-cannon, kodwa ngethamsanqa, intsapho yakwa-Eldridge yayiphumile kweso sakhiwo ngelo xesha. Xa inkanunu yasilela ukuvelisa umonakalo ofunekayo, la madoda alayita imiphanda yomgubo wompu kumgangatho ongaphantsi ukuze agqobhoze eso sakhiwo. Kwathi kwakusilela oko, bathabatha iphepha lokushicilela kumaphephandaba asandul’ ukutshatyalaliswa baza bayitshisa ihotele.

Umlo ngomba wobukhoboka wawusaqhubeka eKansas nakwindawo ezingqongileyo. Ngaphesheya komda eMissouri, uWilliam Clark Quantrill waqala ukuqokelela iqela labarhanelwa bomda ukuba babe umhlaba eKansas Jayhawkers, abahlaseli abachasene nobukhoboka nabo babegqogqa imihlaba yaseMissouri. Njengoko i-ruffian yomda isanda ngamanani, yahlasela iidolophu ezinkulu kwaye yabangela ukonakala ngakumbi kumda we-Kansas.

Ngo-1863, phantse iminyaka elishumi emva kohlaselo lukaSheriff Jones, abahlali baseLawrence babesele beqalisile ukuziva bekhuselekile kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla kuba amahemuhemu okuqhubeka kohlaselo angqineka engeyonyani de kwafika uQuantrill namadoda akhe awayehamba eKansas ezenze amajoni eManyano. Ngo-Agasti 21, 1863, xa bafika eLawrence ngexesha leeyure zangaphambi kokusa kwe-Quantrill wanika umyalelo wokubulala amadoda kuphela, eshiya abafazi kunye nabantwana bengenabungozi. Ekungeneni edolophini, bazimisa ngaphandle kwe-Eldridge House apho i-Provost Marshal yaseKansas, u-Alexander R. Banks, wabonisa iphepha elimhlophe ngaphandle kwefestile yakhe, echaza indawo engcwele kwabo bangaphakathi ehotele. Iindwendwe zehotele zisusiwe kwaye zakhatshwa ukuwela uMlambo iKansas ukuya kwiHotele yesiXeko ngelixa amadoda aseQuantrill etshise ihotele ukuya kwisiseko sayo. Ngokuhambelana nesicelo seProvost, uQuantrill wayalela ukuba iindwendwe kwiHotele yeSixeko zishiywe zingonzakalanga, wongezelela ukuba umnini wehotele yeSixeko wayembonise ububele obukhulu ngaphambili. Emva kokuba uQuantrill emkile, abantu abaninzi abanxilileyo nabangonwabanga babuyela kwihotele yeSixeko, bayalela abahlali ukuba baphume, bavula umlilo. Inye kuphela indoda eyasindayo ngokudlala ifile.

Kwakhona, uShalor Eldridge wagqiba ekubeni akhe kwakhona, esebenzisa imali eqokelelwe kubahlali baseLawrence kunye nebhondi yesixeko efikelela kwi-17,000 yeedola. Emva kokugqiba kuphela umgangatho wokuqala xa imali iphelile u-Eldridge wathengisa ihotele kuGeorge W. Deitzler, owagqiba ukwakhiwa ngo-1866 waza waligcina igama elithi Eldridge House. Umgangatho wokuqala wawusetyenziswa njengendawo yokurenta ishishini, ngelixa ihotele yayikwimigangatho yesibini neyesithathu, enamagumbi angamashumi amathandathu anesine, indawo yoncedo lwasekhaya, kunye negumbi lokutyela.

Phantsi kobu bunini obutsha, i-Eldridge House yaphumelela okwexeshana, kodwa phakathi kuka-1876 no-1915 ihotele yatshintsha izandla amaxesha amaninzi. Ihotele entsha ebizwa ngokuba yi-Eldridge Hotel ekugqibeleni iye yaphelelwa sisidima nto leyo eyabangela ukuba abahlali baseLawrence babize ukubuyiselwa kwayo. Ngo-1925, i-Lawrence Chamber of Commerce yaqalisa ingxowa-mali ye-50,000 yeedola, okubangele ukutshatyalaliswa kwehotele endala kunye nokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo esitsha endaweni yayo. Ifumana ukulibaziseka okuninzi, le hotele yavulelwa ulwamkelo olukhulu ngo-1929 emva kweminyaka emine yolwakhiwo. I-Lawrence Journal-World yabika ukuba ihotele yayihonjiswe ngeempondo zendlovu kunye negolide, ivenkile yekofu kwi-jade kunye nohlaza, kunye negumbi le-grill elihonjiswe ngezitena ezinemibala. Iipennathi ezivela kumaqela eembaleki “eZintandathu ezinkulu” zafakwa kumgangatho weethayile.

NgoDisemba 8, 1950, i-Lawrence Daily Journal-World yathi:

“UBilly Hutson Obituary

“UBilly Hutson wayengomnye kwisigidi onobuntu obahlukileyo obaphembelela ukukhula koluntu nokwamzuzela abahlobo abaninzi kulo lonke elaseMelika. Wayengumgcini wehotele wefashoni yakudala, umamkeli-zindwendwe, umenzi wolonwabo kunye nosomashishini okrelekrele owaphumelela apho abanye abaninzi basilelayo.

"U-Hutson odumileyo, osweleke ngokuhlwa ngeCawa, mhlawumbi wayenabantu abaninzi abaziyo phakathi koogxa bakhe njengayo nayiphi na indoda eyakhe yahlala eLawrence.

"Mr. U-Hutson wayehlonishwa njengosomashishini kuba wayeyazi indlela yokwenza ishishini lihlawule. Kunxunguphalo lweminyaka yama-30 xa ama-50 ekhulwini eehotele eziphethwe nguwonke-wonke zatshona-indoda yakwaLawrence yaba ngugqirha kwimibutho emininzi yeehotele eyayixengaxenga.

“IHotele i-Eldridge, indawo yaseLawrence, iya kuqhubeka phantsi kolawulo losapho, ngenxa yokubona kwangaphambili kukaMnu. Hutson. Umzukulwana wakhe, uMike Getto oselula, ubuyile emkhosini kunyaka ophelileyo ukuze abe ngumphathi osebenzayo kwaye imeko yakhe yenkqubela phambili ibonakala kulawulo lweshishini. ”

Ngeminyaka yoo-1960, xa oohola beendlela bekwenza kube lula ukuhamba, kungabizi mali ininzi kwaye kufikeleleke lula, iimotele zaye zaduma. Ihotele yase-Eldridge, njengezinye iihotele ezininzi edolophini kwilizwe liphela, kwanyanzeleka ukuba ivale iingcango zayo. Emva koko, eso sakhiwo sahlaziywa saba ngamagumbi. Ngo-1985, abemi baseLawrence banyusa imali efikelela kwizigidi ezithathu zeedola ukuze baphinde bakhe iHotele i-Eldridge. Ihotele entsha inemigangatho emihlanu kwaye ineesuti ezingamashumi amane anesibhozo ezinamagumbi amabini. Ihotele yalungiswa kwakhona ekuqaleni kuka-2005, emva kokuba ithengiswe kwifandesi kwiqela labafundi beYunivesithi yaseKansas kunye nabatyali-zimali basekhaya. Ekuvulweni kwakhona ekuqaleni kuka-2005, abanini abatsha babuyisela uzuko olunxulumene nehotele kwi-1920s.

Ukukhula kwamanani abantu baseLawrence ngo-2014 sesinye sezizathu zokuba abanini beHotele i-Eldridge bagqibe ekubeni baphumeze izicwangciso zabo zokwandisa. Indawo esecaleni kwe-Eldridge ibingenamntu ukusukela ngo-1973 kwaye iphethwe ngabanini bale hotele. Ihotele ngoku inamagumbi eendwendwe angama-48, indawo yesidlo kunye neendawo zokutyela ezimbini. Ukwandiswa kuya kongeza amagumbi amatsha ehotele angama-54, indawo yokutyela eyandisiweyo kunye nendawo entsha yesidlo. Umyili wasekhaya uPaul Werner uyila iprojekthi entsha.

Isiqubulo esamkelwa sisixeko emva kohlaselo lweQuantrill, “ukusuka eluthuthwini ukuya ekungafini” sihambelana neHotele yase-Eldridge namhlanje ngenxa yembali yayo yokwakhiwa kwakhona izihlandlo ezininzi, ixesha ngalinye likhulu kwaye lingcono kunelokugqibela. Ihotele yase-Eldridge iyaqhubeka nokuxhasa imigaqo yokuqina, ukuzingca kunye nokubuka iindwendwe. Ukuma kwisiza seHotele yangaphambili yaseFreyistata, iHotele i-Eldridge isamkela abantu eLawrence, eKansas.

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