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Author:

Sweet, Cynthia Rae Huffman, 1958-

Title:

19th century Cedar Falls hotels : mischief, murder & immorality / Cynthia Huffman Sweet.

Publisher:

Iowan Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vi, 165 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cedar Falls (Iowa)--History--19th century.
Cedar Falls (Iowa)--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
Hotels--Cedar Falls--Cedar Falls--History--19th century.
Taverns (Inns)--Cedar Falls--Cedar Falls--History--19th century.
Scandals--Cedar Falls--Cedar Falls--History--19th century.
Crime--Cedar Falls--Cedar Falls--History--19th century.
Cedar Falls (Iowa)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Cedar Falls (Iowa)--Biography.
Cedar Falls (Iowa)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Other Authors:

Cedar Falls Historical Society (Iowa)

Notes:

Features historical photographs and photos of artifacts from Cedar Falls Historical Society. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-157) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : getting there -- Are we there yet? -- Cedar Falls stage taverns & hotels : Erasmus D. Adams Stagecoach Inn ; Cedar Falls House (Inman House, Wilson House) ; Winslow House (Western Hotel, Carter House, Davis House, Burr House, Black Hawk Hotel) ; American House (Galt House, Civil War Soldiers' Orphans' Home, German House) ; Farmers' Home ; Monitor House -- Pennsylvania House -- Ebel House -- Commercial Hotel (Calumet Hotel, Sheridan Hotel, Arlington Hotel, Oxford Hotel) ; Gibson House (Lawn City Hotel) ; Washington Hotel (Lexington Hotel, Lindell Hotel) ; Riverside Hotel -- Cedar City hotels & inns : Tucker House (Railroad Hotel, Illinois House, Cedar City Hotel, Cedar Valley Hotel) ; Tondro Hotel (Union House) ; Island No. 10.

ISBN:

1934816191 (pbk.)
9781934816196 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)774727960

LCCN:

2011456944

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)