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Joplin’s Connor Lodge (Landmarks)

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Decided to construct “the best hostelry within the Southwest,” Joplin’s first millionaire spared no expense on the magnificent Connor Lodge. The foyer, with its Italian marble rotunda and grand staircase, would function town’s foremost gathering spot for the following fifty years. 1000’s flocked to the rooftop backyard, which turned often known as the “most nice spot in all Joplin.” The Connor hosted a whole lot of conventions, outlaws resembling “Fairly Boy” Floyd and extra respected company, together with star athletes, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gene Autry and Robert Wadlow, the world’s tallest man. Native residents rallied to “Save the Connor” within the Nineteen Seventies however could not cease its demolition and the tragic ending that caught the nation’s consideration. Creator Chad Stebbins particulars the fascinating historical past.

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