Sleeping in a TeePee

An interesting article in the Jan. 23rd San Bernardino Press Enterprise about the Wigwam Motel located in that town.

It describes them as 19 cone-shaped, wooden-frame covered with concrete and stucco, 30-foot high structures located along West Foothills Boulevard that were built in 1949. They were the last of seven such motels built in the retro-style by Frank Redford, an Indian-enthusiast.

Redford constructed a teepee-shaped building at Horse Cave, Kentucky, in 1934, to show off his native American artifacts. He later added the cabins, also in teepee shape. The next one was at Cave City, Kentucky, near Mammoth Cave National Park.

Of the three built, only three remain: the one in San Bernardino, one in Holbrook, Arizona and the one at Cave City.

I was fortunate to get to stay at the one in Cave City and also saw the original location at Horse Cave. On our trip to Santa Monica, we visited the other two and were hoping to stay in one, but were too early to stop for the night. Next time through, however, we'll sleep in one.

Sleeping in a TeePee. Quite an Experience. --RoadDog