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Thanksgiving recalls Wasco hotel dinner 1910
Data recalled by Edward Weit founder of Weit's Cottage Hotel notes Mrs Weit cooked Wasco's first Thanksgiving dinner in 1910 when the hotel stood at the corner of 6th and Death streets. A hotel register lists names from November with notable locals and visitors including J R Dorsey state senator and M V Hartranft founder of Wasco.
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Wasco
Edward Weit
Weits Cottage Hotel
F. Weigand
Bakersfield
Tommy McGinn
San Francisco
C. R. Cutten
Glendale
Shafter
Capt. Strickland
Long Beach
W. C. Moran
Hanford
Don Ritchie
Newman
Lost Hille
Frank Jewett
Maricopa
C. Whittington
Carpenter
J. R. Dorsey
J. S. McKilvaney
Moran
J H. McMillen
Pepper’s
B. L