The dining room was only for Navy personnel and their guests. A Barbecue Pit was added and the Maverick dining room and cocktail lounge was redecorated in a South Seas style. The Wikoff s had installed the first generating plant in 1937 at the Four Corners, which supplied electricity to the fledging community. In 1953, the hotel was advertised as El Adobe Luxurious Hotel in the Progress addition of The Desert Trail with maitre d hotel Wade Taylor overseeing the Maverick Room. The old hotel has gone through numerous owners over the years and is now sub-divided into apartments, its pool filled in, its illustrious guests long departed.
Peacocks now roam the once well-tended grounds and only memories remain.
Twentynine Palms Memories quotes have been taken. Writer Al Gartner, resident of the Wonder Valley area of 29 Palms, is a local historian and board member of the 29 Palms Historical Society. He frequently contributes historical featuers to The Sun Runner. Vickie Waite . Web site hosted by Collins Computer Innovations .