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Roswell Hotel history recalled before its 1973 demolition
Archive notes recount the Roswell Hotel from 1916 to 1949 under multiple proprietors including Jess Tanner Emma Tanner and Lou Alexander Grace Sheppard and later W C Teel and Florence Hendricks. Soldiers from Battery A NM National Guard ate there during training and in Mexico before WWI and again before overseas service. The building featured a porch and cafe era meals before being razed by Coronado Wrecking Co. in 1973.
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Huffman
Pecos
Roswell Hotel
Jess Tanner
Emma
Battery
New Mexico National Guard
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Columbus
New Mexico
Roswell
Fort Bliss
Texas
Ed Hamm
Lovington
Lou Alexander
Grace Sheppard
W.C
Modemia
Teel
Florence Hendricks
Steele
Coronado Wrecking Co. of
Albuquerque