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The War Years



The Tourist boom continued until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Tourism ended in 1942 when the Army Air Corps Technical Training Command took over the hotels for barracks and classrooms.
    1868 - 1911
The Farming Period

1911 - 1920
The Early Development Years

1920 - 1925
The Boom Years

1925 - 1930
Post Boom Years

1930 - 1941
The Post Depression Years

1942 - 1945
The War Years


1945 - 1965
The Post War Boom
The fancier hotels became officer training schools and the larger hotels became hospitals.

So, during the War, the hotel owners survived the economic hardship by compensation from the government who filled their rooms with men who were on their way overseas.

The real payoff came in the Years after the War when the soldiers returned with their families, this time to stay.




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