The Dacotah History Hotel : 1859 to 1972 by Gareth D. Hiebert - 1989-03-01

Brown County Historical Society, 1989-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1989 G.D. Hiebert (New Ulm, Minnesota), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperback in glossy pictorial covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 51 pp. Very slight rubbing and creasing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. ~SP26~ [0.5P] A history of The Dacotah Hotel in New Ulm, Brown County, southern Minnesota. Built in 1859 when there were only 500 citizens in the town, it was turned into a hospital just three years into its existence, as the Civil War raged, hosting, among many other surgeons, W.W. Mayo, father of the Mayo brothers who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Contents: Foreword; The Dakotah is Born; The Dakotah in the Defense of New Ulm; The Dakotah Paces Progress; The Victorian Years; Dakotah House German Potato Salad Recipe; Dakotah House Menu; The Johnson Years; The Esser Era; The Last Hurrah; Postscript.