The name of the restaurant in Decorak, Iowa's Hotel Winneshieg is Restauration. That is kind of a strange name for a restaurant, but there are three reasons why it is named that:
1. Restauration is an archaic French word for restoration (which certainly has been done at the hotel).
2. Restauration was the name of the sloop which carried the first Norwegian immigrants across the Atlantic to America in 1823. Many went on to settle in Decorah. A replica of this sloop is in the Vesterheim Museum, right down the street from the hotel. Decorah is extremely proud of its Norwegian heritage.
3. The name is a tribute to Helen Busler who spearheaded the massive restoration project which was completed in 2000.
--Good Reasons. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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