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| Plains Hotel |
Sponsored by the Cheyenne Securities Company the Hotel’s cost including décor and furnishings was $250,000.
It has a grand ballroom and a lobby that is provided with extra light from a spectacular stained glass skylight. It has a central marble staircase as well as rich mahogany and leather furniture throughout.
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| Sky light over lobby. |
When it first opened the Mezzanine featured an orchestra that played for its distinguished guests. In more recent years, Presidents Truman, Nixon and Regan all stayed at the Plains.
Each of its 100 guest rooms had plush velvet carpet, phones, private baths and large brass beds.
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| Suite |
The Plains has been renovated twice, first in the 1930s and then again in 2002. Many guests today still enjoy its cowboy themed luxury.
People who promote the Plains Hotel are not shy about another feature it has. Violence that occurred in hotel in the past has resulted in four resident ghosts.
Soon after the Plains opened its doors a honeymoon couple checked in. This couple was given a suite on the 2ndfloor. They had an argument stemming from the bride’s nervousness about their marriage bed.
The groom impatient and angry left his brid and went down to the first floor bar. While there he met a local prostitute.
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| Wigwam Bar |
Rosie, his new wife becoming concerned about how long her husband had been gone grabbed a gun for protection and headed toward the bar. She entered just in time to see her husband leaving with the shady woman.
She followed them up to the fourth floor and watched as they entered a guest room. Upset, she gathered her courage and barged into the room only to find her husband in bed with this lady.
Rosie now angry at this betrayal raised the gun she held and shot them both. Distraught, she then went back to her room and shot herself. This double murder, suicide resulted in an active haunting.
Since, Rosie’s ghost has been seen wandering the second floor. She wears a blue gown and witnesses state she appears to be lost in thought with a look of disappointment on her face.
Housekeepers state they have heard phantom wailing coming from the newlywed’s room and guests who have stayed in this suite state they have heard the actual argument that occurred between the bride and groom before the husband left for the bar.
Rosie’s unfaithful husband is seen finely dressed. He wears 1900s formal attire with a long black coat and black polished boots. He has on a white shirt with silver buttons.
He is seen on the 4th floor and throughout the hotel, including the basement.
The prostitute is seen in a short red dress adorned with white lace. She is spotted on the 2ndfloor and in the lobby area. Several witnesses have stated they have seen her in the balconies above the lobby.
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| Balconies above lobby. |
She has issues with brides. Several have claimed to encounter her while in the hotel. One Halloween, mannequins were displayed as a bride and groom. A witness saw a lady in a red dress push the bride mannequin over then she just disappeared.
A fourth ghost seen in the Plains is that of a man who killed a guest. He engaged in an argument with this guest and shoved this poor soul out of a 4th floor window.
Witnesses state they feel anger and a sense of dread in the area where this happened.
When these ghosts are present, guests report doors and windows open without assistance.
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| Plains Hotel today. |