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El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico
The Hotel El Rancho was built in 1937 as a haven for Hollywood's famous who stayed at the hotel while on location filming the many westerns that were shot in the area. Stars arrived in Gallup in the insulated atmosphere of Sante Fe Railway trains but soon they learned about the frontier in a journey to the El Rancho by wagon, carriage or buggy that met every Santa Fe passenger train. Chauffeur driven limousines arrived from Hollywood on Route 66 for use in the daily trips to the filming locations. Among the many film stars that stayed here were Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Betty Grable, Alan Ladd, Burt Lancaster, Doris Day, Gene Audry, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Jane Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Lee Remick, Lucille Ball, Mae West, Marx Brothers, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitcham, Ronal Reagan, Spencer Tracy, WC Fields, Zachary Scott and President Eisenhower. Rooms are named after these and many other stars. October 2006
El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico
The Hotel El Rancho was built in 1937 as a haven for Hollywood's famous who stayed at the hotel while on location filming the many westerns that were shot in the area. Stars arrived in Gallup in the insulated atmosphere of Sante Fe Railway trains but soon they learned about the frontier in a journey to the El Rancho by wagon, carriage or buggy that met every Santa Fe passenger train. Chauffeur driven limousines arrived from Hollywood on Route 66 for use in the daily trips to the filming locations. Among the many film stars that stayed here were Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Betty Grable, Alan Ladd, Burt Lancaster, Doris Day, Gene Audry, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Jane Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Lee Remick, Lucille Ball, Mae West, Marx Brothers, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitcham, Ronal Reagan, Spencer Tracy, WC Fields, Zachary Scott and President Eisenhower. Rooms are named after these and many other stars. October 2006