The door to room No 18 at the St James Hotel is padlocked and never rented out TJ Wright, a 19thcentury gunslinger, crawled inside the room and died after winning the hotel in a poker game anThe St James Hotel opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1875, after a group of 11 civicminded businessmen recognized the need for a firstclass lodging establishment in Red Wing, which was the wheattrading center of the world at that timeSt James Hotel, Cimarron, Colfax County, NM Contributor Names Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Lambert, Henry Thomas, Trent, field team Nichols, Frederick D, photographer Created / Published
Buffalo Bill At The St James Hotel In Cimarron New Mexico