CHAMBON HOTEL LATER THE PARK HOTEL, GEN. LEW WALLACE TERRITORAL GOVERNOR OF TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO DURING THE LINCOLN COUNTY WARS AND THE CHIEF PERSURER OF BILLY THE KID (WILLIAM BONNEY) AND THE AUTHOR OF "BEN HUR" AND OTHER HISTORICAL NOVELS STAYED FOR A TIME AT THE CHAMBON HOTEL.
The remines of the LOMA THEATER on the Plaza. The Loma was the only theater and we were fortunate in that the management was able to get a lot of first run movies.
THE PARK CONFECTIONERY AND DRUG STORE WAS A GREAT ICE CREAM PARLOR.
PLAZA CHEVRON SERVICE STATION.
LOOKING WEST THROUGH THE STATION ACROSS THE STREET WAS FIRST THE KEITH'S FORD GARAGE AND LATER CALDWELL MOTOR COMPANY (CHEVROLET DEALER)
STAPLETONS WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIMES IN SOME WAYS AS IT NOT ONLY HAD GROCERIES BUT ALSO
PET GOODS AND GEAR (REINS, BITS, LEATHER STRAPS) CLOTHING AND YARDAGE.
WHAT CAN YOU ADD ABOUT A BARBER SHOP, WELL HOW ABOUT A BATH AND A SHAVE MERCURY HAD IT ALL.
AND OF COURSE 'ANOTHER BAR' THE SILVER WAS ONE OF THE OLDER BARS IN SOCORRO.
HILTON DRUG CATERED TO THE LARGE COUNTY AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW DRUG STORES THAT ACTUALLY COMPOUNDED PRESCRIPTIONS (DR. FRANKLIN WAS KNOWN TO FREQUENT THEIR BACK AREA TO COMPOUND HIS OWN CONCOCTIONS, MRS. HILTON, MR. AND MRS. HAROLD OLSON WERE THE PHARMACISTS AND MRS. HILTON WAS THE OWNER UNTIL HER DEATH THEN THE OLSONS TOOK OVER (MRS. OLSON WAS MRS. HILTONS DAUGHTER). HAROLD OLSON WAS A CIVIL ENGINEER BY EDUCATION AND AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GROWING COMMUNITY DESIGNED MANY FACILITIES FOR THE CITY, AS I REMEMBER THE WASTE WATER PLANT WAS ONE OF HIS PROJECTS.
AND OF COURSE ANOTHER 'BAR' THE "CAPITOL" AT ONE TIME WAS ALSO A BACK ROOM
CARD PARLOR THO NOT WHILE I CAN REMEMBER (daa)
IN FACT AS I RECALL THE NEW (OLD) CAPITOL BAR WAS MOVED TO THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK
AND THE CORNER BUILDING WAS EITHER RAZED OR REMODELED AS I BELEIVE A MR. GEORGE BACA PUT A CLOTHING STORE IN THAT CORNER. CORRECT IF YOU WILL BY COMMENT. (danke dave)
AS YOU PREUSE THROUGH THIS BLOG YOU WILL COME TO A SECTION OF 'OLD STRUCTURES'
AND WILL FIND NEWER PICTURES OF THE HILTON DRUG AND THE CAPITOL BAR.
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