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The original functions of an inn are now usually split among separate establishments. For example, hotels, lodges and motels might provide the traditional functions of an inn but focus more on lodging customers than on other services; public houses (pubs) are primarily alcohol-serving establishments; and restaurants and taverns serve food and ...
Pages in category "Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
The Osage for their part became a more significant player in the development of Missouri history; they lived along the Osage River in Vernon County, Missouri and near the Missouri village in Saline County. [7] Like the Missouri, the Osage lived in semi-permanent villages, and they also both had acquired horses. [8]
Name of Creek origin. Tama County: Iowa: Named for Taimah, a leader of the Meskwaki. Taney County: Missouri: Named in honor of Roger Brooke Taney, fifth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Tangipahoa Parish: Louisiana: Tangipahoa comes from an Acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn." Taos County: New Mexico
An inn is a tavern that has a license 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.
The Motel Inn (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel), located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, was the first "motel" in the world, and the origin of that word, from "Mo-Tel", which is a play on the word "hotel" by combining the words "motor hotel". [1] It opened on December 12, 1925, [2] [3] and closed in 1991. The Apple Farm ...
Over the years, several attempts have been made to name a state after one of the Founding Fathers or other great statesmen of U.S. history: the State of Franklin, the State of Jefferson (three separate attempts), the State of Lincoln (two separate attempts), and the State of Washington; in the end, only Washington materialized (Washington ...