Ngesikhathi uJohn Hanson nomyeni wakhe, Chuck, bethenga iMason House Inn ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ka-Chuck kusukela e-Air Force, babesazi ukuthi le ndawo yokuhlala yayingenani elilodwa. Kwakungamangazi; umlando wezinyanga ezingu-160 weminyaka engu-160 ushonele ehhotela, futhi isivakashi esisodwa sabulawa. Okwakumangalisa ukuthi zingaki izivakashi eziphefumulayo ezahlala ehotela, futhi zisebenza kanjani.
Mayelana namahhotela: Zingaki izimpumputhe okholwayo ehhotela?
UJoy Hanson: Sinemimoya emihlanu esikwaziyo. I-Mason House Inn yakhiwa ngo-1846 kanti abanikazi abathathu bafa lapha. Yasetshenziswa njengesibhedlela ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango, futhi futhi udokotela owayehlala lapha ngo-1920-40. Wafa lapha nge-diphtheria kanye neziguli zakhe eziningana. Kube nokubulala kwelinye lamakamelo.
AH: Ingabe izivakashi zehhotela zibika ukuthi zibona lezi zivunguvungu?
JH: Sithole izivakashi zisitshela ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwazo ngokubona isithombe esinamandla, ukubona umfana ekufikeni kwakhe othanda ukudlala amaqhinga kubantu, endodeni endala egumbini lokulala elimhlophe, kumuntu omdala "obuka nje mina bese ngiyanyamalala. " Sinawo umbhede ophuthumayo uma kungekho muntu owake wangena egumbini.
Isimenywa ekamelweni lesi-5 sathi umkhonto wekhasi lakhe we-pajama waxoshwa ngenkathi elele. Uma ecabanga ukuthi kwakunguyena umkakhe efuna ukuba aphenduke, wazama ukuphendula futhi umkhwa wakhe awuzange ufike naye.
Wayebuka futhi ubona ukuthi umkhonto wakhe uguqulwa ngokuphindaphindiwe kodwa akazange abone noma ubani lapho ehamba khona. Ukhumbula ukuthi umkakhe akazange eze naye kulolu hambo. Umkhono wawulokhu uguqulwa eminye imizuzwana eminye bese uyeka. Wayephuma embhedeni futhi wayengasabeki futhi.
Wagxinxwa kakhulu yilokho okwenzekayo. UnguNgqongqoshe futhi akazange akholelwe ezithombeni. Manje uyakwenza.
Isivakashi sasingena ngaphakathi futhi sibheka phezulu izitebhisi kuya esitezi sesibili futhi satshela ukuthi "Bewazi ukuthi unabompofu lapha?" Ngambuza ukuthi uzobabona yini, wathi, "Cha, kodwa ngiyakwazi ukuzizwa. Bayajabula lapha futhi abafuni ukuhamba. Omunye akazange afe lapha, kodwa walithanda lapha empilweni futhi wabuya. like it lapha futhi ngeke kabi noma ubani. Abafuni nje ukuhamba. "
Esinye isivakashi sifikile kimi ekuseni ekuseni emva kokudla kwasekuseni futhi sabuza ukuthi ngabe ngabe ngiyazi ukuthi le ndawo yayinqotshwe. Ngamcela ukuba angitshele ukuthi kungani ecabanga kanjalo. Uthi: "Ngangihlezi esihlalweni sokubhukuda ngifunde incwadi ngobusuku obudlule. Umyeni wami wayesezibhedlela. Ngokungazelelwe igumbi lashisa kakhulu futhi ikholomu yenkungu yaqala ukwakha cishe ngezinyawo ezine phambi kwami. futhi sengiyazi ukuthi ngizobona umphefumulo. Ngaphumelela emzimbeni wami wonke umzimba wami futhi ngazama ukuphazamiseka. "Khona-ke kwaphela ngokungazelelwe, kwakungesabi, nje nginqaba.
Esinye isivakashi esibheke kuzo sabheka izitebhisi futhi sathi "Hhayi." Unomoya lapha. Ngikhathele kakhulu ukubhekana nalokhu kulobubusuku. Ngingakwazi yini ukuba nekamelo kulowo wesakhiwo ngaphesheya? " (Kubonisa isakhiwo sethu esihlotshisiwe esasiyisitolo esidala futhi manje sinezindlu zokulala ezimbili). Ngamnika enye yezindlini zokulala ezibhekisiwe futhi wayesehambe ngenkathi ngisuka ukuze ngidle ukudla kwasekuseni.
Izivakashi ezimbili, ezathi ziyakwazi ukubona imimoya, zangitshela ukuthi kukhona umfana oneminyaka engu-12 noma engu-13 ubudala ohlala egibele phansi. Ugqoke ama-knickers. Ulindele okuthile noma othile. Uthanda ukudlala ama-tricks kuzivakashi. Uyazi thina namagagasi kubantu bese ebukeka edidekile futhi edabukisayo lapho engagudluli emuva. Simqambe ngokuthi uGeorge. UGeorge uthanda ukugodla eminyango, futhi lapho abantu bevula umnyango, akekho omunye lapho. Uthanda ukuthatha izinto futhi azibeke kwamanye amakamelo. Uthanda ukudonsa izikhonkwane kumawashi omdala ase-alamu bese ebazwisa. (Sibeka amawashi edijithali kwamanye amakamelo futhi akakwazi ukuthi angayisebenza kanjani.) Mhlawumbe nguye owayengumkhonto womuntu ekamelweni lesi-5.
Lezi zivakashi zathi kukhona owesifazane osemdala esitezi sesithathu, egumbini eliseningizimu, othanda ukubuka ebhokisini lethu esilondolozile kulelo gumbi.
Indodakazi yami inegumbi layo lokulala ekamelweni lokulala elisenyakatho esitezi sesithathu futhi uthi uke wabona owesifazane omdala egumbini elimhlophe elimhlophe elimi emnyango wangena ekamelweni. Wayebonakala okwesibili wabe esephela. Abantu abahlala egumbini lesi-5, elingaphansi kwelawo gumbi, bathi bayezwa ukuthungula phezulu lapho njengokunye okwenziwe phansi. Omunye ukhononda ngokuhlala ephapheme ubusuku bonke ngesikhala esiqongelayo squeaking phezulu lapho. Asikho isihlalo sokugunda kulelo gumbi. Kuyinto nje igumbi lokugcina.
AH: Kukhona ukubulawa okulodwa ehhotela?
JH: Sine-akhawunti yephephandaba ngokubulala okwenzeke ku-Inn. UMnuz Knapp ugwetshwe enhliziyweni futhi wafa kwelinye lamakamelo. Wazama ukungena embhedeni owawuvele uhlala kuwo. (Wayekade ehambela i-tavern futhi edidekile ngokuthi yiyiphi igumbi lakhe.) Indoda elele embhedeni wacabanga ukuthi uphangiwe, yathatha isikhwama sokubamba induku, yagwaza uMnuz Knapp enhliziyweni.
Izivakashi eziningana zisitshele ukuthi kukhona okwebudlova okwenzeka ekamelweni le-7 futhi bathola umuzwa omubi kuleso gumbi. Leli gumbi liphezulu ngaphezu kwekhishi futhi ngivame ukuzwa izinyathelo phezulu lapho kungekho muntu omunye endlini. Ngizokwenyukela ukuyobona ukuthi ngabe isivakashi singene emgwaqweni futhi sithatha "sibheke nxazonke." Ngeke kube khona umuntu phezulu lapho, kodwa umbhede ubukeka sengathi othile ubeke kuso. Ngicabanga ukuthi uMnu. Knapp usazama ukulala. Indodakazi yami yayikhona ekamelweni elenza ubhede ngelinye ilanga futhi njengoba egibela etafuleni, wayeseyibambelela ku-fanny wakhe. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangizama ukudlala ihlaya kuye, waphenduka kodwa akekho okhona. Wasuka ekamelweni ngokushesha futhi wayengabuyeli emuva ngaphandle kwami.
AH: Kuthiwani ngabanikazi abashonile ehhotela?
UJH: UFennie Mason Kurtz ushonele egumbini lokudlela, ngendawo yokucima umlilo, ngo-1951. WayenguMason wokugcina owayengumnikazi wakhe. Sasibe nesithamela sidla isidlo sasemini ekamelweni lokudlela esihlala sibuka indawo yomlilo bese sibheke ekamelweni, futhi sibuyele endaweni yokucima.
Ekugcineni, wathi kimi: "Kukhona umuntu oshonile kuleli gumbi, lapha ngendawo yokucima umlilo, usekhona lapha. Uhambahamba ekamelweni futhi ebingelela izivakashi, uyajabula." Uyakuthanda lapha futhi akafuni ukuhamba. " Le ndoda ayikwazanga ukubona umoya, kodwa yayingazizwa njengoba idlule. Mina nendodakazi yami sibheke "ama-orbs wokudubula" egumbini lokudlela.
Kubonakala sengathi inkanyezi yokudubula igxila ku-TV noma isibani futhi ibamba ukukhanya ngechungechunge leyesibili.
UMnu. McDermet, [uNgqongqoshe waseRimpregationalist owayesethatha umhlalaphansi owathengisa indlu yokuhlala ngo-1989], wasitshela ukuthi ubonile umoya kaMary Mason Clark esiteji sesithathu. Wayephethe ihhovisi lakhe kulelo gumbi lokulala eningizimu futhi wayevame ukubheka phezulu etafuleni lakhe ukuze ambone ehlezi esihlalweni ngefasitela. Utshele ukuthi akajabuli ngokulungiswa okwakwenziwa endlini. I-McDermets yajika amakamelo okulala angama-10 abe ama-suites amabili amakamelo amabili namabhati angasese kuwo wonke amakamelo. Lokhu kwakusho ukuthatha izindonga nokufaka kwabanye.
Ngesikhathi bebuyiselwa kabusha egumbini lesi-5, bazokuthola wonke iphepha lihlulwe bese belibuyisela emuva, ukuze lithole liphinde lihlwithwe ekuseni. Ngosuku lwesithathu ekuseni, bathole incwadi yesampula yasemuva phansi, evulekile ekhasini elithile. Bathenge iphepha lodonga bese belibeka. Leli phepha lahlala endaweni futhi lisekhona. (UMnu McDermet uthe uMariya wakhetha iphepha lokulala lomzali wakhe.)
U-Lewis Mason, [owathengisa ihhotela ngo-1857], wafela lapha ngo-1867 ngesikhathi sesifo sekholera. UMnu Knapp ushona lapha ngo-1860. Indodakazi kaLuke, uMary Mason Clark, yafa lapha ngo-1911, yafika esitezi sesithathu ekamelweni lokulala eliseningizimu.
Wayeneminyaka engu-83 ubudala. Umzukulu kaLee Mason, uMary Frances "Fannie" uMason Kurtz, ushonele ngo-1951 eneminyaka engu-84 ubudala. Wafa ekamelweni lokudlela, esihlalweni sokubhukuda endaweni yomlilo. Wayesefile izinsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokuthi umuntu amhlole futhi amthole.
AH: Noma ubani omunye?
JH: Siyabona ukuthi sinabesifazane ababili (uMary Mason Clark esitezi sesithathu noFannie Mason Kurtz esitezi sokuqala), indoda eyodwa, umfana, noMnuz Knapp ekamelweni 7. Kungase kube nokuningi. Siyazi ukuthi udokotela washona eKlasini 5 ngo-1940 we-diphtheria. Wayeqasha lelo gumbi lapho kwakuyizindlu zokugibela kusukela ngo-1920 kuya ku-1951.
Siphinde sazi ukuthi lesi sakhiwo sasisetshenziswa njengesibhedlela esibambe ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango. Amasosha abalimele alethwe lapha ukuba alinde isitimela ukuba asiyise esibhedlela eKeokuk. Singacabanga ukuthi abanye babo bafa lapha futhi.
Siphinde sazi ukuthi indlu kanye nenqolobane yayisetshenziswa njengesiteshi esiteshini se-Underground Railroad. Angazi ukuthi lokhu kubalulekile kumimoya noma cha, kodwa kuyathakazelisa.
AH: Uke wazibona izimpumputhe wena?
JH: Ngomuntu, ngibonile ibanga elide, ngidonsa indoda endala enezinwele ezimhlophe. Ngezinye izikhathi, lapho ngibheka kwesinye sezibuko ezindala emgcekeni wesibili noma phansi, ngibona emile ngemuva kwami. Ngizobukeka futhi akekho omunye lapho. Ngibheka futhi esibukweni futhi usekho. Lokhu kwenzeke kimi izikhathi ezinhlanu kusukela sathuthela lapha ngoJuni ka-2001. Unenhloko nje, umzimba wakhe uyinsika yombungu.
Ngimbiza ngokuthi "Mnu. Foggybody." Mhlawumbe lokhu yilokho okwakukwakhiwa kuGumbi 5 ku-akhawunti yangaphambilini.
AH: Uyazi ukuthi ungubani?
UJH: Ngicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi nguFrancis O. Clark ophethe i-Inn njengomkhwe wakhe, Lewis Mason, iminyaka eminingana. Akazange afe lapha, kodwa umkakhe, uMary Mason Clark, waletha isidumbu sakhe lapha futhi wangcwatshwa eCametown Cemetery. Lokhu kungenzeka kube yindoda "engafanga lapha, kodwa wayithanda lapha empilweni futhi ebuye ngemuva kokufa." Ngibonile izithombe zikaMnu. Clark futhi wayemncane futhi enezinwele ezimhlophe. Indodakazi yami ibone "ikhanda elintantayo" ekamelweni 8. Igumbi lalingumnyama futhi akazange abone noma yimuphi umzimba onamandla. Uthi wayeyindoda endala enezinwele ezimhlophe.
AH: Yini enye oye yabhekana nayo?
JH: Sizwile izinyathelo lapho kungekho muntu omunye owayesesakhiweni. Emasontweni ambalwa adlule, ngangifisa phezulu lapho ngizwa izinyathelo emgodini. Lezi zazinqamuka izinyathelo zokuqalisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwakuyindoda yami efuna mina, ngamemeza ngithi "NgiseKhwameni lesi-7!" Kodwa akazange angene ekamelweni.
Ngaqeda ukuhlanza kwami futhi ngaya phansi lapho ngimbona ekhuluma efonini ehhovisi. Ngambuza ukuthi yini ayifunayo futhi wathi wayekade efonini sonke isikhathi engangiye phezulu. Kwakungekho kuye emgodini. Umnyango wangaphambili wawuvaliwe futhi akekho ovela emgwaqweni owayengenayo.
Umalokazana wami noyise wakhe beza ukuvakasha ngoMashi futhi behlala egumbini lesihlanu. Uthe wayelele embhedeni futhi ulindele uyise ukuba eze ekamelweni ukuze akwazi ukuvala izibani. Uzwakala ekhuphuka izitebhisi, kodwa akazange angene ekamelweni. Kamuva wamuzwa ekhwela izitebhisi futhi ngalesi sikhathi wangena ekamelweni. Wambuza ukuthi kungani ekhulile kodwa engangeni [kodwa] wayehlezi phansi ekhuluma nami isikhathi sonke. Ngambona ekhuphuka izitebhisi kanye kanye wangena ekamelweni. Kwakungekho nezinye izimenywa kulowolo suku ebusuku.
Sithole amawindi avaliwe lapho ngisazi ukuthi bevuliwe futhi bavulekile lapho ngicabanga ukuthi sonke sivaliwe. Umnyango wangaphambili uvame ukutholakala uvaliwe lapho ngiyazi ukuthi ngikushiyele ukuvulela izivakashi ezifika ebusuku. Sizwile izinyathelo lapho siyikhaya elilodwa kuphela, futhi kabili sasizwa isikhwama seplastiki esikhonyayo esasiphakamisa ebusuku. Ngakusasa ngathola isikhwama esingenalutho se-Wal-mart esisekhaya. (Ngicabanga ukuthi uGeorge uyathanda yini izikhwama zepulasitiki.) Umnyango wethu wokulala ungavulwa futhi uvale ebusuku. Ngesinye isikhathi ngobumnene, ngezinye izikhathi kuthungula. Uma ngithi "Yeka, hamba," iyoyeka. Izivakashi ziye zaveza ukuvalwa kwezivalo nokuvala izinyawo emgodini ubusuku bonke.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wonke umuntu wayelele noma ayenaye kuphela phansi; kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakungekho omunye owake wezwa umsindo, umuntu oyedwa kuphela.
AH: Waba kanjani umnikazi wehhotela?
UJH: Umyeni wami, u-Chuck, washiya umhlalaphansi e-Air Force ngemuva kweminyaka engu-25 enkonzweni. Sasihlala eduze noStotton, e-Ohio ngaleso sikhathi. Sinqume ukuthi sifuna ukuzama ibhizinisi lethu futhi sanquma ukuthenga ipulazi elincane e-Iowa. Ngenkathi sibheka iwebhusayithi ye-realtor yefama, sabona ihhotela elidala elidayisiwe futhi. Ngolunye uhambo oluya e-Iowa ehlobo lika-2000, sayeka ukubuka amanye amapulazi athengiswayo, kanye nehhotela elidala. Sithandana nehhotela futhi sanquma ukuba ngabanini bamahholo esikhundleni sabalimi.
Ngemva konyaka, ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, sathenga indawo futhi sathuthela. Kwafika ngokugcwele kuyo yonke imibhede yokuqala kanye nabagqoka kanye nefenisha.
Singabanikazi besihlanu, futhi isikhathi ngasinye lapho kuthengiswa khona khona yonke ifenisha nempahla, ngakho-ke igcwele ama-antique okuqala emndenini wakwaMason. UMnu Mason wayengumenzi wefenisha, futhi wenza izingcezu eziningi lapha.
I-AH: Bewazi ukuthi ihhotela lihanjiswe uma ulithengile?
JH: Sathengile i -Inn ngo-2001 sazi ukuthi kukhona indodakazi endala egumbini lesithathu. Yingakho sisebenzisa lelo gumbi njengegumbi lokugcina hhayi ikamelo lokulala. (Sasihlala endlini eVirginia eyayihlaselwa umfana omncane owabulawa ngemuva kwegceke, ngakho-ke lokhu kwakungesabi kithi.) Kodwa masinyane saqaphela ukuthi kukhona okuqhubekayo kunalokho esitsheliwe ngakho.
Mhlawumbe cishe ngemva kwenyanga esithuthele kuyo, saqala ukuzwa izinyathelo futhi siqaphela umnyango ovalekile futhi uvule noma uvale amafasitela. Sibonile ama-orbs wokudubula ekamelweni lokudlela nasegumbi le-7. Indodakazi eyodwa yambamba umfana wakhe kanti enye indodakazi yayinekhwama lakhe elithwele lapho ephuma eshaweni. Sekuyinto eyodwa nje emva komunye cishe iminyaka emithathu manje. Izivakashi zitshela ngokuqhubekayo okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kusuka ekuvakasheni okudlule noma ukuvakashelwa kwamanje. Uma kwenzeka okuthile, sizama ukukuchaza. Ingabe umoya wawuvunguza? I-shutter evulekile mhlawumbe? Ingabe kukhona umuntu lapho lapho sicabanga ukuthi sodwa? (Ngokuvamile ngimangaliselwe isivakashi esithatha "uhambo oluqondiswayo" nge-Inn.) Futhi futhi kaningi asikwazi ukuchaza izingoma nezenzakalo.
Sithathe izithombe ku-Inn futhi zikhona ama-orbs eziningi zazo. Sithathe izithombe ngekhamera ehlukene, izimo ezahlukene zezulu, izikhathi ezihlukahlukene zonyaka, njll.
futhi sithola njalo ama-orbs endlini futhi azungeze iKhansela laseBentonsport. Izivakashi zethu zithathe izithombe ngekhamera zedijithali futhi zithola ama-orbs. (Sitshelwe ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngekhamera yethu, kodwa akulona nje ikhamera yethu ebahola.)
Lapho izivakashi nezivakashi zibuza ukuthi ihotela lihanjiswe, angazi ukuthi ngithini.
Abanye abantu besabeka uma ngithi. Abanye bajabule futhi abakwazi ukulinda ukuba babe nokuhlangana okuthile. Ngokuvamile, yibo abangalindeli lutho olwangitshela ukuthi bahlangenwe nakho okuthile "kuyinqaba." Futhi abantu balindele ukuthi kwenzeke okuthile, badumala ukuthi abazange bazuzwe noma izingubo zabo zavalwa njengeziboniso ze-Travel Channel. Uxolo, okwethu akuyona into emangalisayo. Izinyawo, ukushaya, iminyango yokukhiya kanye nokuvula amafasitela nokuvala, umbhede ohlambalazayo, ukubonwa kwesinye isikhathi somnikazi wangaphambili kuyinto evamile. Izimpethu zethu azifuni ukulimaza noma ubani, njengalapha lapha, bayajabula futhi abafuni ukuhamba.
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