Nimitz Hotel Records 1847-1905

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Nimitz Hotel Records 1847-1905

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The Nimitz Hotel Records, 1847-1905,contain twelve financial ledgers and a hotel register kept by Charles H. Nimitz forthe Nimitz Hotel, or Steamboat Hotel, in Fredericksburg, Texas. The financialledgers consist of accounts, bar accounts, waybills, cashbooks, and bad debts.Prominent names in these ledgers and register include Mormon leader Lyman Wight;cowboy and gunslinger Johnny Ringo; and Samuel E. Johnson, Sr., and Samuel E.Johnson, Jr., grandfather and father of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Nimitz family.

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Nimitz, Charles H.

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In 1855, Charles H. Nimitz bought the Nimitz, or Steamboat, Hotel of Fredericksburg, Texas, supposedly the last hotel before San Diego, California. Originally only four rooms, the hotel expanded by the 1890s to 50 rooms and housed the Nimitz family beyond the parlor. The hotel included a formal flower garden, a bar, combination casino-theatre, dining room, and bathhouse with bathtubs and privies. The Nimitz family also operated a brewery, a saloon, and a general store at the hotel. ...

Nimitz Hotel (Fredericksburg, Tex.)

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Nimitz, Charles Henry, 1826–1911

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