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HOME / VISIT / The Eklund Hotel, Dining Room & Saloon |
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Web Site: www.theeklund.com
Distance: Clayton
Contact: Dr. John Sellers
Hours of Operation: 10:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
The historic Eklund Hotel has been a landmark for travelers of the southwest since
the 1890s. It began as a two-story rock building in 1892 (the west side of the
present buildings). The ground floor was occupied as a store until 1894 when Carl
Eklund brought in his elaborately carved bar which is still in use in the saloon.
Mr. Eklund and his wife, Gerda, purchased the property in December 1897, and the
east two stories were built in 1989. They added the third floor and the "opera
balcony" or porch in 1905.
The Eklunds kept the hotel as modern as possible with the addition of plumbing,
steam heat, electricity, and telephones, as they became available. The Eklund
was the only first-class hotel between Trinidad, Colorado and Fort Fort Worth,
Texas for many years, and has long had a reputation for good food and drink.
In 1992, the Eklund Hotel’s centennial, the establishment was purchased by
a group of mostly local folks, known as the Eklund Association, Incorporated,
for the purpose of preserving the Eklund for the town and for the future.
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