TEEN-AGE IDOL HUNT...ELVIS - 1956 Headlines


Teen-age Idol Hunt is the headline from the October 11, 1956 edition of the local newspaper.  Rumors that Elvis was staying at the hotel (Room #311) caused quite a stir.

IT STARTED WITH A WHEELBARROW...JOHN STUDEBAKER - Building an Empire


John Studebaker made his first real money building wheelbarrows and then he and his brothers built an empire.  It's Wheelbarrow Johnnie's birthday on October 10th (1833).  He's a true legend here at the hotel because back in 1857 he helped to carry the bricks to build the original Cary House.