Saturday, November 21, 2009

Motel USA

Lee's Motor Court - 1 Mile from the Hermitage, Home of Andrew Jackson - 14 Modern Stone Cottages, each with Private Bath, Tub or Shower, Innerspring Matress, Radio, Fan, Heat - Restaurant, Sandwiches, Steak, Chicken and Country Ham - Service Station on Premises.

Ranch House Motel - On U.S. 10 - 1201 East Main Street, Bozeman, Montana - 11 Delux units, individual thermostatically controlled heat, tubs and showers. Free radios, Air Conditioned. Surrounded by beautiful mountain scenery.

Minnehaha Motor Lodge - 1905 East Lincolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming - Cheyenne's Finest Famous for Hospitality - Simmons Beautyrest and Englander Airfoam beds - Air cooled, Childrens playground - Just a half mile from Heart of Town in a quiet section. This establishment is recommended by Duncan Hines (1948).

El Rancho Motor Hotel - 2201 4th Avenue - U.S. Highway 80 - Yuma, Arizona - The Motel That Pleases - Continental Breakfast, Heated Pool, Free T.V., 34 Units, Room Telephones, Refrigeration, Suites - Diner's Club, American Express, Carte Blanche.

GREEN TREE - VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA - The Green Tree Inn and Country Club is one of the most popular in the Victorville area. Here where settlers pushed west a hundred years ago, a land where inland Indians walked to trade with the coast Indians on the Santa Ana River near the present town of Colton, a land where the Mormon Battalion, under Capt. Hunt in 1851 settled in the San Bernardino Valley, golfers play golf or relax alongside the pool. The area was once known as Morman Crossing around the 1880's later to be called Victor only to change to Victorville. From 1914 to 1937 over 200 western pictures were filmed here.

Editors Note: The photograph for the Green Tree postcard was taken by Merle Porter. He also wrote all the text for his postcards. He was a one man postcard production company producing and distributing millions of cards over a 50 year career.

Known as "The Postcard King of the West," Porter was on the road at least 9 months a year, distributing cards to remote motels, gas stations and souvenir shops, while constantly shooting images for new cards with his 4x5 Speed Graphic camera.

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