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During the 19th century, the inn played a major role in the growing transportation system of England. Industry was on the rise, and people were traveling more in order to keep and maintain business. The English inn was considered an important part of English infrastructure, as it helped maintain a smooth flow of travel throughout the country. [2]
The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." [52] Frankenstein: Missouri: A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone." [53] Frankfort: Indiana
The term "motel" originated from a lodging establishment called "Milestone Mo-Tel" in San Luis Obispo, California, which was constructed in 1925 by Arthur Heineman. In conceiving of a name for his hotel, Heineman combined the two words motor hotel into one word as mo-tel , after he found that he could not fit the words "Milestone Motor Hotel ...
Missouri: Missourian Missouran French: Missourien Spanish: Misuriano Montana: Montanan Nebraska: Nebraskan Bugeaters (fake) or Cornhuskers [41] Nevada: Nevadan New Hampshire: New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys [42] New Jersey: New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexico: New Mexican
Carroll Stagecoach Inn, also known as Costello Farm, was a historic inn located near Oregon, Holt County, Missouri. It was built in 1844, and was a two-story rectangular building of wood framing built on a limestone foundation. It measured 35 feet by 17 feet and had a gable roof. An addition was made in 1924.
This is a list of motels.A motel is lodging designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined in 1925 as a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances ...
An inn is a tavern that has a licence to put up guests as lodgers. The word derives from the Latin taberna whose original meaning was a shed, workshop, stall, or pub. Over time, the words "tavern" and "inn" became interchangeable and synonymous.
Missouri: September 7, 1805: Miami-Illinois via French: wimihsoorita 'Dugout canoe'. The Missouri tribe was noteworthy among the Illinois for their dugout canoes, and so was referred to as the wimihsoorita, 'one who has a wood boat [dugout canoe]'. [64] Montana: November 1, 1860: Spanish: montaña 'Mountain'. [65] Nebraska: June 22, 1847 ...