Hotel Monte Vista Research Paper

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The hotel Monte Vista was built in 1926. It is located in Flagstaff , Arizona. The hotel opened on New Year’s Day in 1927. The tourism was in the mid 1920’s ,the local residents areeds Flag staff needed the first-class accommodations. The old existing hotels were outmoded. The began in April of 1926,and within 1 month it is investments of prominent citizens , funds donated by the novelist Zane Grey and totaled roughly $2000,000. In 1970 there were three men who robbed the bank nearby . The bank guard had shot one of the men. In the early 1940’s there was two prostitutes were brought to room 306 and then were killed and thrown from there window on the third floor to the cold street below. Over years numerous guests had reported

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