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What were Old West Hotels like?

by | Jun 18, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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What were Old West hotels like? Jim Jennings Amarillo, Texas Frontier hotels varied from flea- and bedbug-infested lodgings to extravagant abodes. Generally speaking, the rooms were small compared to what we’re used to today, and the walls were thin. The average hotel might provide some wall hooks to hang your clothes and a porcelain basin and washstand for personal grooming. Most had a community privy out back and chamber pots in the rooms. Few offered bathtubs; in 1871, Tucson, Arizona


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