James.Д«uffalo Bill Cody, who was a goat ranch manager for Lucien Maxwell for a short time, met Annie Oakley at the hotel and began to plan and rehearse their Wild West Show. Jesse JamesвЂ™ nemesis and would-be killer, Bob Ford, also stayed at the St. James on their way to Tombstone, Arizona.В Jesse JamesВ stayed there several times, always in room 14, signing the registry with his alias, R.H. Wyatt Earp, his brother Morgan, and their wives spent three nights at the St. Many well-known people stayed there over the years. TheВ saloonВ did so well that Henry added guest rooms in 1880, and the hotel was soon considered to be one of the most elegant hotels west of the Mississippi River The saloon was wildly popular with cowboys, traders, miners, and the many travelers of the Santa Fe Trail. The first question usually asked around Cimarron in the morning was: вЂњWho was killed at LambertвЂ™s last night?вЂќ Another favorite expression following a killing was: вЂњIt appears Lambert had himself another man for breakfast.вЂќ Built during a time when law and order were non-existent, the saloon quickly gained a reputation as a place of violence, where it is said that 26 men were shot and killed within its adobe walls. The Lambert Inn, as it was called at the time, started business in 1872. When Maxwell sold the grant in 1870, the new Land Grant Company men discovered that the French chef, Henry Lambert, was working in Elizabethtown and enticed him to come to Cimarron. TheВ Maxwell Land GrantВ was the largest land grant ever made in the United States. Finally settling in Elizabethtown, New Mexico, he opened a saloon and restaurant instead of finding gold.ДЄt this time Elizabethtown, Cimarron, and much of the surrounding was owned by Lucien B. Before long, Henry made his way west in search of gold. He continued to hold the position until the president was assassinated in 1865. Before Henry made his way toВ New Mexico, he was the personal chef to President Abraham Lincoln, upon the recommendation of Ulysses S.

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