The Loomis Hotel – Gueda Springs, Sumner County, Kansas 1920
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Ancestor Edith Glendora Pancake Watrous, mother of Everest Elliott Watrous and grandmother of Everest Raymond Watrous died in Geuda Springs, Kansas in the same year that this photograph was taken. She had traveled from nearby Wellington to Geuda Springs for medical care in the hopes that her condition might be improved. In October of 1920 she was transported by ambulance from this place to the hosptial in Wellington where she died. We don’t know where Glendora was staying on her last day on earth. The springs were believed to contain medicinal properties to heal many ailments. This hotel was in operation for several more years after Glendora’s death.