My Sister Sandra writes that the Lund Hotel was probably the El Escalante Hotel. She worked there so she probably remembers better than I do. At least I know that someone is reading this. Anyway I wanted to set the record straight.
My Husband and I were in Cedar City yesterday and as we drove down Main Street I looked around and realized that so much has changed. The old Library building has been torn down, and new offices have replaced it. The Post Office is now the City Administrator. The Movie Theaters have been closed for several years. The El Escalante Hotel had been torn down and a New Hotel and Sizzler restaurant now occupy that space. The Union Pacific station is still there but it has been incorporated into a hotel, pizza parlor and gift shop complex. Trains do not stop here any more. The JC Penny’s store is a little Mini Mall. The down town district is still a pretty vibrant shopping district. I love the mix of old and new. Many of the old buildings have been preserved to show the old architecture as they house updated businesses.
This is another insight from my sister Sandra “I honestly don’t remember where we went for those Rotary Club luncheons. I just remember El Escalante because I used to work there. I do remember the luncheons and I do remember how much we liked to go and how weird I thought it was that Dad would get fined for bringing three kids or not bringing three or dumb things like that and it really used to make me want to jump up and defend him. He finally had to explain to me that the fines were all in fun and a way of raising money and not a way of punishing people. Maybe Kathy remembers where they were held?”