Xa uYohan Hanson nomyeni wakhe, u-Chuck, bathenga iMason House Inn emva kokuthatha umhlalaphantsi ka-Chuck kwi-Air Force, babesazi ukuba le ndlu yembali yayingumntu oyedwa. Akumangalisi; Imbali yeminyaka eyi-160 yendlu yabasemzini ibone abathathu babanikazi bayo bafa ehotele, kwaye esinye isivakashi sabulawa. Yintoni eyamangalisa ngayo iindwendwe ezininzi ezahlala ehotele, kwaye zenzeka njani.
Mayelana neehotele: Zingaphi izihosto okholelwayo ehotele?
U-Joy Hanson: Sinomoya ongaphantsi ohlanu esiyaziyo. I-Mason House Inn yakhiwa ngo-1846 kwaye abathathu abanini bafa apha. Kwakusetyenziswe njengesibhedlele ngexesha leMfazwe yombutho, kwaye kwakhona ngugqirha owayehlala apha ngo-1920-40. Wafa apha nge-diphtheria kunye nezinye izigulane zakhe. Kukho ukubulala kwelinye lamagumbi.
AH: Ngaba iindwendwe zeehotele zibike zibona ezi zivalo?
JH: Sineendwendwe zisitshela ngamava abo ekuboneni umfanekiso onobuqhetseba, ukubona inkwenkwe ekuhlaleni othanda ukudlala amaqhinga ebantwini, kwindoda endala endalini ebomvu, kumntu omdala "ojonge nje ndize ndiphele. " Sinomntu obhekene nokulala xa kungekho mntu ubekho kwigumbi.
Umndwendwe kwiCumbi 5 wathi umkhonto wakhe wepajama wawukhwelwe ngelixa elele. Ucinga ukuba ngumfazi wakhe ofuna ukuba aphendule, wazama ukujika kwaye ingubo yakhe yayingenanga naye.
Wayejonga kwaye wayenokubona umkhonto wakhe ugqithwa ngaphaya koko kodwa akazange abone nabani apho ukuba badonse kuyo. Wayekhumbula ukuba umfazi akazange eze naye kulolu hambo. Umkhono waqhubeka uguqulwa eminye imizuzwana emibini aze ayeke. Wayephuma ebhedeni kwaye akaze aphinde alala phantsi.
Wayeshukunyiswa kakhulu ngamava. UngumPhathiswa kwaye akazange akholelwe kwizigwili. Ngoku uyenzayo.
Indwendwe yayijonge kwaye yajonga phezulu kwizitepsi ukuya kumgangatho wesibini waza wandixelela "Ngaba uyazi ukuba unamadoda apha apha?" Ndambuza ukuba uyazibona, wathi, "Hayi, kodwa ndiyakwazi ukuzibona." Banovuyo apha kwaye abafuni ukuhamba. Omnye akazange afe apha, kodwa wayethanda apha ebomini waza wabuya. uthanda apha kwaye akayi kubuhlungu umntu. Abafuni nje ukuhamba. "
Esinye isithethi safika kumnye kusasa emva kokutya kwasekuseni waza wabuza ukuba ndiyazi ukuba le ndawo yayinxuswe. Ndamcela ukuba ndixelele ukuba kutheni wayecinga ngaloo ndlela. Wathi, "Ndihleli esihlalweni sokubhukuda sifunda incwadi ngobusuku obudlulileyo .Umyeni wam wayesezihlahleni." Ngokukhawuleza igumbi lafika libandayo kwaye iqonga lebhola laqala ukuma malunga neenyawo ezine phambi kwam. kwaye ndandisazi ukuba ndiza kubona umoya.Ndiqhekeza kwi-goosebumps yonke emzimbeni wam kwaye ndatshitshisa.
Olunye uvakashelwano olujongeyo lwabheka phezulu kwizitebhisi waza wathi "Hayi." Unomoya apha, ndidiniwe ukuba ndijongane nalobu busuku. (Ukubonisa isakhiwo sethu kwisihlomelo esasisigxina kunye neendawo zokulala ezi-2.) Ndamnika enye yezindlu zokulala kunye nexesha lokunyuka kwesidlo sakusasa.
Iindwendwe ezimbini, ezathi zikwazi ukubona imimoya, zandixelele ukuba kukho inkwenkwe malunga ne-12 okanye 13 ubudala ubudala elixhomekeke kumgangatho wesibini. Unxibe kwi-knickers. Ulindele into okanye umntu. Uthanda ukudlala amaqhinga kwiindwendwe. Uyazi thina namagagasi kubantu kwaye abonakala edidekile kwaye edabukisayo xa bengagqithisi. Simthiye iGeorge. UGeorge uyakuthanda ukunqongqoza eminyango, kwaye xa abantu bevula umnyango, akukho mntu apho. Uthanda ukuthatha izinto aze azibeke kwamanye amagumbi. Uyakuthanda ukukrazula izikhonkwane kwiiwashi ezidala ze-alam kwaye zibenze zibethe. (Sibeka iiwashi zedijithali kwezinye zamagumbi kwaye akazi ukuba asebenze njani.) Mhlawumbi nguye owayengumkhwa womntu kwiCumbi 5.
Ezi ndwendwe ezifanayo zathi kukho indoda endala kumgangatho wesithathu, egumbini lokulala, othanda ukukhangela kwiibhokisi zethu esizigcine kulolo gumbi.
Intombi yam inegumbi layo lokulala kwigumbi lokulala elingasenyakatho kwisitezi sesithathu kwaye ithi uyibone ibhinqa elidala emlanjeni obomvu obumhlophe emnyango. Wayebonakala okwesibini waza wafa. Abantu abahlala kwiCumbi 5, ephantsi kwelo gumbi, bathe bakuva ukuthungula phezulu apho njengento ethile yawa phantsi. Omnye ukhononda ngokugcinwa uphapheme ubusuku bonke ngesihlalo esiqhaqhazelayo esiqongileyo apho. Akukho sihlalo sokugungqa kuloo gumbi. Kuphela igumbi lokugcina.
AH: Kukho ukubulala omnye ehotele?
JH: Sine-akhawunti yephephandaba yecala lokubulala elenzeka kwi-Inn. UMnu Knapp wahlaselwa entliziyweni waza wafa kwelinye lamagumbi. Wazama ukungena embhedeni owawusele uhlala kuwo. (Wayetyelele indwendwe kwaye wayedidekile ngokubhekiselele kwiphi igumbi.) Indoda ebhedini yayicinga ukuba iphangwa, yathatha intsimbi yokubamba intonga yakhe, yagwaza uMnu Knapp entliziyweni.
Iindwendwe eziliqela zisitshilo ukuba into ethile enobudlova yenzeke kwiCumbi 7 kwaye bafumana ukuziva okubi kuloo gumbi. Eli gumbi lingaphandle kwekhitshi kwaye ndidla ngokuva iinyawo phezulu apho kungekho mntu omnye endlwini. Ndiya kunyuka ukuba ndibone ukuba ngaba isivakashi sifikile esitratweni kwaye sithatha "jonga ngeenxa zonke." Akuyi kubakho bani phezulu apho, kodwa umbhede ubonakala ngathi umntu ubeke phezu kwayo. Ndicinga ukuba uMnumzane Knapp usazama ukulala. Intombi yam yayiselo gumbi lenza umbhede ngelinye ilanga kwaye njengoko eguguzele ukukhwela kwiphepha, wayifakela e-fanny yakhe. Ndicinga ukuba ndizama ukudlala ihlaya kuye, waphenduka kodwa akukho mntu wayekho. Washiya egumbini ngokukhawuleza kwaye akayi kubuya phezulu ngaphandle kwam.
AH: Kuthiwani ngabanini abafele ehotele?
UJH: UFannie Mason Kurtz wasweleka egumbini lokudlela, ngendawo yokuhlala, ngo-1951. WayenguMason wokugqibela ukuba abe nesakhiwo sakhe. Sasinendwendwe esidla isidlo sasemini kwigumbi lokudlela esasihlala sijonge kwindawo yomlilo size sijikeleze egumbini, size sibuyele kwindawo yomlilo.
Ekugqibeleni, wathi kimi: "Kukho umntu ofile kulo gumbi, apha ngendawo yokucima umlilo, ulapho ehambahamba egumbini kwaye ebingelela iindwendwe, uyavuya, uyayithanda apha kwaye akafuni ukuhamba." Le nkosikazi yayingeke ibone umoya, kodwa yayingamva njengoko idlula. Intombi yam kunye nam sibonile "ama-orb wokudubula" kwigumbi lokudlela.
Zibukeka njengeenkwenkwezi eziphambukayo kwi-TV okanye isibane kwaye zibamba ukukhanya kwiqhezu yesibini.
UMnu McDermet, [umPhathiswa we-Congregationalist owayethathe umhlala-phantsi othe wathenga indlu yokuhlala ngo-1989], wasitshela ukuba wayebone umoya kaMary Mason Clark kwisitezi sesithathu. Wayephethe iofisi yakhe kwigumbi lokulala elisezantsi kwaye wayehlala ekhangele phezulu edeskini ukumbona ehleli esihlalweni ngefestile. Watsho ukuba akayikuvuyela ukulungiswa kwabo bebesendlini. I-McDermets yajika izindlu zokulala ezilishumi zibe zii-suites zamagumbi amabini ngamabhafi angasese kuwo onke amagumbi. Oku kuthetha ukuthatha iindonga nokubeka kwabanye.
Xa bebuyisela udonga kwiGumbi 5, babeza kufumana lonke iphepha belikhuphe kwaye belibuyisela phezulu, kuphela ukuba liphinde liphinde liphinde lihluthwe ngokusa. Ngomso wesithathu ekuseni, bafumana incwadi yesampula yesithsaba emgangathweni, evulelwe iphepha elithile. Bathengile iphepha lodonga kwaye bawubeka. Eli phepha lahlala kwindawo kwaye lisekhona. (UMnu McDermet uthe uMariya ukhethe iphepha lokulala komzali wakhe.)
ULee Mason, [owathengela ihotele ngo-1857], wafa apha ngo-1867 ngexesha le-kleta. UMnu Knapp wafa apha ngo-1860. Intombi kaLuke, uMary Mason Clark, wafa apha ngo-1911, wenyuka kwisitezi sesithathu kwigumbi lokulala lasezantsi.
Wayeneminyaka engama-83 ubudala. Umzukulu kaLee Mason, uMary Frances "Fannie" uMason Kurtz, wafa apha ngo-1951 eneminyaka engama-84 ubudala. Wafa ekamelweni lokudlela, kwisihlalo sokugungqa kwindawo yomlilo. Wayefile iintsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba umntu amhlole kwaye amfumene.
AH: Nabani na?
JH: Siyabona ukuba sinamaqabane amabini (uMary Mason Clark kumgangatho wesithathu kunye noFannie Mason Kurtz kumgangatho wokuqala), indoda endala, inkwenkwe, kunye noMnu Knapp kwiCumbi 7. Kukho ngaphezulu. Siyazi ukuba ugqirha wasweleka kwiCandelo 5 ngo-1940 we-diphtheria. Wayeqeshisa elo gumbi xa kwakuyindlu yokubhola ukusuka kuma-1920 ukuya ku-1951.
Siyazi nokuba isakhiwo sasetyenziswa njengesibhedlele esibambeleleyo ngexesha leMfazwe Yombango. Amasoldati alimele aziswa apha ukulinda isitimela ukuba abathathe esibhedlele eKeokuk. Singazicinga nje ezinye zazo zafa apha kwakhona.
Siyazi nokuba indlu kunye nenqolobane yayisetyenziswa njengesitishi kwi-Underground Railroad. Andiyazi ukuba oku kubalulekile kwimimoya okanye kungekhona, kodwa kunomdla.
AH: Uzibonele izibongo?
JH: Ngokomntu, ndibonayo umde, ndiyindoda endala inwele ezimhlophe. Ngamanye amaxesha, xa ndijonga kwelinye lazi zibuko ezidala kumgangatho wesibini kumgangatho okanye ipulangwe, ndiyambona emi emva kwam. Ndiya kukhangeleka kwaye akukho namnye apho. Ndibukeka kwisibuko kwakhona kwaye uye wahamba. Oku kwenzeke kum malunga namahlanu amaxesha ukususela apho siye sathuthela apha ngoJuni ka-2001. Unentloko nje, umzimba wakhe yikholamu yombhobho.
Ndimbiza ngokuthi "Mnu Foggybody." Mhlawumbi le nto yenzeke kwiGumbi 5 kwi-akhawunti yangaphambili.
AH: Ngaba uyazi ukuba ungubani?
JH: Ndicinga ukuba kungenzeka nguFrancis O. Clark ophethe i-Inn ngoyisezala, uLee Mason, iminyaka emininzi. Akazange afe apha, kodwa umfazi wakhe, uMary Mason Clark, wazisa isidumbu sakhe apha ukuze avuke waza wangcwatywa eMangcwabeni eBentonsport. Lo usenokuba ngumntu "ongazange afe apha, kodwa wayethanda apha ebomini waza wabuyela emva kokufa." Ndabona imifanekiso kaMnu Clark kwaye wayenomzimba omncinci kwaye eneenwele ezimhlophe. Intombi yam ibone "intloko ejikelezayo" kwiCumbi 8. Igumbi lalingumnyama kwaye akazange abone naluphi na umzimba onamandla. Wathi yena wayeyindoda endala eneenwele ezimhlophe.
AH: Yintoni enye oye wahlangabezana nayo?
JH: Sivile iziganeko xa kungekho mntu omnye esakhiweni. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezedlulileyo, ndandithuthukela phezulu xa ndiva iinyawo kwiholo. Ezi zinto zazingezinyathelo zokuqalisa. Xa ndicinga ukuba yindoda yam ndifuna, ndamemeza esithi "Ndihleli kwiCumbi 7!" Kodwa akazange angene egumbini.
Ndayigqiba ukucoca kwam kwaye ndaya phantsi apho ndamfumana ekhuluma kwifowuni eofisini. Ndambuza into ayifunayo kwaye wathi wayesebenzisa ifowuni ixesha elide ndibe ngaphantsi. Kwakungekho kuye kwindlovu. Umnyango wangaphambili wawuvalelwe kwaye akukho mntu wasesitratweni angenayo.
Umkhwenyana wam kunye noyise wakhe beza kutyelela ngo-Matshi kwaye bahlala kwiCumbi 5. Wathi wayelele embhedeni waza walinda uyise ukuba eze egumbini ukuze akwazi ukucima izibane. Wayeva ukuba ekhwela izitebhisi, kodwa akazange angene kwigumbi. Kamva wamva ekhwela izitephinde kwakhona ngeli xesha wangena kwigumbi. Wambuza isizathu sokuba uye wafika kwangaphambili kodwa akazange angene [kodwa] wayesehla phantsi ethetha nam ixesha lonke. Ndambona ekhwela izitebhisi kanye kuphela kwaye wangena egumbini. Kwakungekho nanye iindwendwe kuloo mgangatho ngalobo busuku.
Sifumene iifestile zivaliwe xa ndiyazi ukuba bevulekile kwaye bavula xa ndicinga ukuba sonke sivaliwe. Umnyango wangaphambili uye wafunyanwa uvalelwe xa ndiyazi ukuba ndishiye ivulekile kwiindwendwe zokufika ebusuku. Sivile iziganeko xa sisodwa ikhaya, kwaye sivakala kabini isimboli seplastiki esasisiphazamisa ebusuku. Ngentsasa ndifumene isikhwama se-wal-mart esingenalutho esisezantsi. (Ndiyazibuza ukuba uGeorge uyayithanda iimbophu zeplastiki.) Umnyango wethu wokulala uvulwa kwaye uvale ebusuku. Ngamanye amaxesha ngenyameko, ngamanye amaxesha kuthungwa. Ukuba ndithi "Yeka, hamba," iya kuyeka. Iindwendwe zikhankanyile iingcango zokuvalela ukuvala kunye neenyawo kwindlobho ubusuku bonke.
Nabani na umntu wayelele okanye ngaba beyodwa ephantsi; Ngandlela-thile kwakungabikho omnye oweva umsindo, ngumntu omnye.
AH: Wenze njani ihotele?
UJH: Umyeni wam, u-Chuck, washiya umhlalaphantsi kwi-Air Force emva kweminyaka eyi-25 yenkonzo. Sasihlala kufuphi neSukuton, eOhio ngelo xesha. Sagqiba kwelokuba sifuna ukuzama ibhizinisi lethu kwaye sigqibo sokuthenga ifama encinane e-Iowa. Ngoxa sibheke iwebhusayithi ye-realtor yeefama, sibone le hotele endala ithengiswa kwakhona. Ngehambo e-Iowa ehlobo le-2000, siyeka ukujonga ezinye zeefama ezithengiswayo, kunye nehotele endala. Sathandana nehotele kwaye sagqiba ekubeni ngabagcini bamasango endaweni yabalimi.
Ngomnyaka kamva, emva kokuba [u-Chuck] ethatha umhlalaphantsi, sithengile indawo kwaye sathuthela kuyo. Yayizaliswe ngokugcwele kuyo yonke imibhede yasekuqaleni kunye nabaqashi kunye nefenitshala.
Singabanikazi besihlanu, kunye naso sonke ixesha indawo leyo kuthengiswa ngayo yonke impahla kunye nempahla, ngoko izele iintsapho zokuqala zamaMason. UMason Mason wayengumenzi wefenitshala, kwaye wenza iziqendu ezininzi apha.
AH: Ngaba wayesazi ukuba ihotele yayinotye xa uyithenge?
JH: Sathenga i-Inn ngo-2001 sazi ukuba kukho indoda endala kumgangatho wesithathu. Yingakho sisebenzisa elo gumbi njengegumbi lokugcina kwaye akukho gumbi lokulala. (Sasihlala endlwini eVirginia eyayixhatshazwa yinkwenkwana eyabulawa ngasemva kwendawo, ngoko kwakungelona nto iyantyantya.) Kodwa kwangoko saqaphela ukuba kukhona okungakumbi kunokuba saxelelwa ngaye.
Mhlawumbi malunga nenyanga emva kokuba sifike kuyo, saqala ukuphulaphula intetho kunye nokuqaphela umnyango ovalelwe kwaye uvule okanye uvale ifestile. Sibone i-orbs yokudubula kwigumbi lokudlela kunye neCumbi 7. Intombi enye yayibambelela kumfana wayo kunye nentombi ethile yayinokukhwelisa ithawula xa iphuma eshahleni. Kuye nje into enye emva komnye malunga neminyaka emithathu ngoku. Abavakalisi baqhubeka besitshela amava abo avela kutyelelo okanye ukutyelela kwangoku. Xa kwenzeka okuthile, sizama ukuyichaza. Ngaba umoya wawuvutha? I-shutter ekhululekile mhlawumbi? Ngaba kukho umntu ngokwenene xa sicinga ukuba sodwa? (Ndandisoloko ndimangaliswe ngumvakatye ethatha "uhambo olukhokelwayo" nge-Inn.) Kwakhona kaninzi asikwazi ukuchaza iimvumi kunye neziganeko.
Sithathe imifanekiso kwi-Inn kwaye kukho i-orbs ezininzi zazo. Sithathe imifanekiso ngeekhamera ezahlukeneyo, izimo ezahlukeneyo zeemeko, amaxesha ahlukeneyo konyaka, njl.
kwaye sisoloko sifumana i-orbs endlini kwaye ijikeleze iMzanzana yaseBentonsport. Iindwendwe zethu zithathe imifanekiso ngeekhamera zedijithali kwaye zenze i-orbs. (Sixelelwe ukuba kukho into ephosakeleyo ngekhamera yethu, kodwa akusiyo nje ikhamera yethu eyabafumanayo.)
Xa iindwendwe kunye neendwendwe zibuza ukuba ihotele ihlaziyekile, andiyazi ukuba ndithini.
Abanye abantu bayethusa xa ndithi. Abanye bayonwabile kwaye abanakuze balinde ukuba babe nohlobo oluthile lokuhlangana. Ngokuqhelekileyo, ngaba abayilindele into endixelela ngayo ngamava abo "athile." Kwaye abantu balindele ukuba kwenzeke into ethile, bayadumala ukuba abazange bafumane i-levitated okanye iingubo zabo zigqitywe njengeCandelo leTyelelo lokuTyelelo. Uxolo, i-yethu ayikho into emangalisayo. Ukunqongophala, ukunqongqoza, iingcango zokuvala kunye neefestile zokuvula kunye nokuvala, umbhede ococekileyo, umboniso weso sihlandlo somntu owayesakuba ngumnini. Iimvumi zethu azifuni ukulimaza nabani na, njengabo apha, bayavuya kwaye abafuni ukuhamba.
Imifanekiso yeMason House Inn, kubandakanywa nemifanekiso ye-orb