Richard H. LEGGETT retires

LEGGETT

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/17/2007 at 11:21:51

"Fairfield Ledger Weekly", April 6, 1881

Mr. Richard H. LEGGETT, who retires, has borne the reputation for some time of the oldest hotel keeper in Iowa, if not in the United States, and is one of the most successful. He has been in the business in this city for over twenty-five years, and all told has lodged and fed the traveling public for nearly half a century. The reputation of his house has always ranked high, and people who once stop with him never wants to change [sic]. Fairfield will regret to lose Mr. LEGGETT as an active business man, but will be pleased to learn that he will still make his home here. While giving credit to the old host, we don’t know that he deserves all, for certainly he has had an efficient and invaluable aid in Mrs. LEGGETT, who knows the business as thoroughly as one can, and has devoted her time for many years to the management of the house.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.