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Menger Hotel

The Menger Hotel, located in downtown San Antonio, Texas

Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, was built in 1859 (23 years after the fall of the adjacent Alamo

Alamo Mission in San Antonio

The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas, Texas....
) by German immigrant William Menger.

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Menger Hotel San Antonio Texas 14 Nov 2005

The Menger Hotel, located in downtown San Antonio, Texas

Texas

Alamo Mission in San Antonio

Theodore Roosevelt

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used the bar to recruit Rough Riders

Rough Riders

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which fought in Cuba

Cuba

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in the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

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.

The Menger was San Antonio's most popular hotel in the 19th Century. O. Henry

O. Henry

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, Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

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, Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

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, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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, Mae West

Mae West

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, Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

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, Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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and others were known to frequent the bar and hotel, which was periodically enlarged and remodelled to accommodate more guests.

In 1876, the first public demonstration of barbed wire

Barbed wire

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ever was held outside the Menger and orders taken afterwards inside. In 1885, Richard King

Richard King (Texas)

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, the south Texas entrepreneur and founder of the King Ranch

King Ranch

King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi, Texas and Brownsville, Texas, is one of the world's largest ranch es . It is the largest ranch in the United States....
, died at the Menger. In 1907, the San Antonio section of the National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Jewish Women

Background The National Council of Jewish Women is an organization dedicated to community action and forward social movement according to 14 core principles based on and inspired by Jewish values....
was organized at the Menger.

The hotel also holds the unofficial title of "The Most Haunted Hotel in Texas." The Menger claims to host 32 different spirits including Richard King and Sallie White, a maid at the Menger who was murdered by her husband and buried at the hotel's expense.