01/31/2017 | 26m 5s | Video has closed captioning.
Huell visits the historic town of Los Alamos located off the 101 halfway between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. It is home to two architectural gems–a Victorian mansion and the Union Hotel, both dating back to the late 1800s.
Aired: 01/31/17
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VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION.
>> Huell: WELL HELLO EVERYONE I'M HUELL HOWSER, AND IF THERE WAS EVER AN EXAMPLE AN EXAMPLE OF A STORY THAT WAS DONE BY THE SEEM OF OUR PANTS, THIS IS GOING TO BE IT.
WE'RE HEADING NORTH ON THE 101 ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF SANTA BARBARA AND CAME INTO THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY TO GET SOME GAS.
AND AS WE WERE LIVING DOWN.
WE WERE DRIVING KIND OF SLOW AND WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SPOTTED THIS WONDERFUL OL' HOTEL, THIS IS THE SIGN OUT FRONT SAYS THE UNION HOTEL, 1880.
SO WE PULLED OVER AND STARTED READING THE PLAQUE ON THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL AND IT'S A WONDERFUL HISTORIC MOTEL -- COME ON CAMERON, I THINK WE CAN GET ACROSS THE STREET.
WE WERE ACCOSTED BY THESE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE.
HOWDY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> HOWDY.
>> Huell: Y'ALL CAME OVER AND SAID WHAT?
>> WE STAYED ON THURSDAY AND LEFT OUR PILLOW, SO WE GOT THE PILLOW AND WALKED OUT.
AND THERE YOU WERE, I TOLD MY HUSBAND, THERE IS HUELL HOWSER.
>> Huell: AND YOU TOLD US WHAT?
>> THIS IS A UNIQUE ANTIQUE CUTE LITTLE PLACE TO STOP AND PLAY.
>> Huell: YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THE HOTEL.
AND I SAID WHERE ARE WE?
>> WE'RE IN LOS ALAMOS CALIFORNIA.
>> Huell: WHICH IS A TIME WART.
>> AND YOU'RE FROM?
>> FROM PISMO BEACH.
>> Huell: AND THIS WOMEN SAID.
>> WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU FOR YEARS.
>> Huell: AND I SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
>> AND I SAID, THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE TOWN FOUNDED IN 1876 AND THE OWNERS OF THE RANCHES SET ASIDE A HALF SQUARE MILE FOR THE TOWN.
THAT'S WHAT IT REMAINS TODAY, ONE SQUARE MILE.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS THE WHOLE TOWN.
>> WE'RE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE BLOCKS DOWNTOWN, BUT IT REMAINS THE SAME.
STILL UNINCORPORATE AND HERE WE ARE, THE WONDERFUL UNION HOTEL IS JUST FANTASTIC.
THE VICTORIAN WAS MOVED HERE AND PUT BACK TOGETHER.
>> Huell: SO THERE IS A LOT FOR US TO SEE HERE TODAY.
WE LITERALLY JUST PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THIS LOOKS LIKE SUCH AN INTERESTING PLACE.
HOWDY, HOW YOU DOING?
>> MR. HOWSER.
>> Huell: WHAT Y'ALL UP TO?
YOU'RE JUST DRIVING AROUND.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME WALNUTS.
>> Huell: ARE THERE WALNUTS AROUND HERE?
>> IN LOS THERE IS A LITTLE PLACE THAT SELLS WALNUTS THAT ARE JUST DELICIOUS.
>> Huell: THIS HOTEL IS WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE.
>> WE'RE FROM SANTA MARIA ABOUT TEN MILES THAT WAY.
BUT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL HERE.
>> Huell: WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS HERE, MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME WALNUTS.
>> WE GET ABOUT TEN POUNDS EVERY YEAR.
>> Huell: YOUR NAME?
>> PAUL ALFRED AND THIS IS HELENA.
>> Huell: HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY RIDING AROUND.
>> NICE SEEING YOU.
>> Huell: THIS IS IT.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF.
HERE COMES SOME GUYS JOGGING, GOOD MORNING FELLOWS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Huell: ARE YOU ALL LOCALS?
>> YES, WE ARE.
>> Huell: LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.
>> LOCAL FIREMEN.
>> Huell: TELL US ABOUT THIS LITTLE TOWN THAT WE'RE VISITING, DO YOU KNOW MUCH WITH ABOUT IT?
>> I LIVE IN LOMPOC.
>> Huell: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> WE'VE GOT THE FIRE STATION AND WE'RE BOTH ON DUTY.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING A WORKOUT, EVERY DAY WE WORKOUT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
>> Huell: THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A TOWN TO JAG AROUND.
>> IT'S A NICE TOWN.
>> Huell: HAVE WE MADE AN A GOOD CHOICE WHERE TO SPEND OUR MORNING?
>> YES, LOTS TO SEE.
>> Huell: I HOPE THERE ARE NO FIRES, YOU'VE GOT YOUR RADIOS JUST IN CASE.
CHL YES, JUST NEXT DOOR.
>> Huell: NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
HERE'S THE DEAL, LOOKS LIKE THE 30s GARAGE OVER THERE, BUT OUR DESTINATION IS GOING TO BE ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF THIS BILL OL' VICTORIAN HOUSE WHICH IS KIND OF OBSCURED FROM THIS ANGLE FROM THAT TREE.
OKAY, WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS VICTORIAN AND A BEAUTIFUL OLD HOUSE IT IS.
CHRIS, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYONE.
WE JUST MET ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO.
I PUT MY HEAD ARPD THE CORNER AND YOU SAID WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> HI, I'M CHRIS WILLIAMS I'M THE OWNER OF THE HOTEL.
>> Huell: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> I'M JOHN.
>> Huell: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> I LIVE UP IN THE SANT RAMONA AND I HAPPEN TO COME BY AND I HAD NOT SEEN CHRIS, AND I THOUGHT I STOPPED BY AND SAY HI.
I KNEW SHE BOUGHT THE PLACE.
>> Huell: THERE IS A LOT OF COINCIDENCES GOING ON.
>> WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> FIRST JOB OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK WE WORKED TOGETHER.
>> Huell: TELL US ABOUT THIS OL' HOUSE.
>> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1864 LOCATED 40 MILES FROM HERE.
IN 1980 THEY CUT IT IN FIVE PIECES AND MOVED IT HERE AND TOOK TEN YEARS AND REDID THE INTIERERIOR.
>> Huell: WHY DID THEY MOVE IT HERE?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, WE NEEDED SOMEBODY LIKE THIS IN LOS ALAMOS.
>> Huell: AND IS IT A HOTEL?
IS IT LIKE A BED AND BREAKFAST.
>> IT'S A BED AND BREAKFAST.
INSIDE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN A 50s MOVIES, AND ANOTHER ROOM IS IS LIKE DESERT ROOM.
>> Huell: HAVE YOU BEEN INSIDE TO LOOK INSIDE.
>> IT'S WILD.
>> Huell: HAVE YOU STAYED THERE?
>> I HAVE NEVER STAYED THERE.
IT'S PRETTY WILD.
>> Huell: THE OTHER THING I NOTICED WHEN I STUCK MY HEAD AROUND THE CORNER, IS YOU'VE GOT A SHIP -- >> A YACHT.
>> Huell: A YACHT, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE STORY ON THIS YACHT?
>> THIS YACHT WAS THE BUILT FOR THE KING AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
IT WAS IN THE 1992 OLYMPICS AFTER THAT IT WAS A RACING SLASH PARTY BOAT.
STORY IT HAS IT THAT SOMEBODY TOOK A WRONG TURN AND THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO GO TO THE BAY AND THEY MADE A WRONG TURN.
EVERYBODY ALONG WITH FOR THE' CASES OF SCOTCH TIPPED OVER.
THEY SAVED THE SCOTCH BUT NOT THE PEOPLE.
>> Huell: HOW DID THEY GET IT INTO YOUR BACK YARD.
>> THEY DECIDED IT WAS GOING TO BE INTO A ROOM.
THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT INTO A ROOM.
>> Huell: BUT THEY NEVER DID?
>> NO, IT'S BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE PROBABLY THE MID-70s.
>> Huell: JUST SIGNATURE HERE?
>> WAITING FOR A MASTER CRAFTSMAN'S AND SAY I WANT TO FIX YOUR YACHT.
>> Huell: THIS IS AN AMAZING.
>> LOOK ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS A NICE OLD HOUSE OVER HERE.
>> YES, ANOTHER HISTORIC HOUSE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE SAME ERA AS THE UNION HOTEL.
I BELIEVE THIS HOUSE WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1881.
>> Huell: THAT A PRIVATE RESIDENT?
>> IT WAS A PRIVATE RESIDENT NOW .
WHEN LOS ALAMOS GETS BUSY, SHE HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT MAKING THAT INTO A BED AND BREAKFAST.
>> Huell: THIS TOWN IS NOT THAT DEVELOPED YET?
>> ON A FRIDAY EVENING, YOU CAN STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROAD AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE FOR FOUR HOURS.
>> Huell: WHERE DOES EVERYBODY GO FOR ACTION?
>> THEY USUALLY LEAVE, GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.
>> Huell: WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE OLD PLANK SIDEWALK HERE OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Huell: IS THIS ORIGINAL?
>> THIS IS THE LATER EDITION -- >> Huell: WHOA!
>> WATCH YOUR STEP.
COME OVER THIS WAY.
THIS IS A HISTORIC PLANK.
HISTORIC ALSO MEANS OLD.
>> Huell: WHAT'S THE DEAL ON THE SERVICE STATION.
THIS LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 30s OR 20s?
>> THIS IS 1923 CALIFORNIA GARAGE THIS WAS BUILT IN 1923, THE ROAD IN FRONT OF US IS THE ORIGINAL 101.
>> Huell: SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE FRASK WENT UP AND DOWN THE COAST.
>> YES AND EVERY FAMILY WAS GETTING AN OBVIOUSLY IN THE 20s, THEIR WHERE THEY CAME.
>> Huell: AND THIS IS WHERE THEY STOPPED.
>> EXACTLY NOW THE OLD CARS COULD NOT PASS THE GAS STATION WITHOUT GETTING FUEL.
AND THAT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE WERE GOING UP TO HERTZ CASTLE.
LOS WAS A FAVORITE WATERING SPOT, THERE WERE AT LEAST 11 BARS IN TOWN.
AND HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND MONTEREY, SAN FRANCISCO AREA.
>> Huell: THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
WE STOPPED TO GET GAS.
THIS IS VERY -- >> TRADITION.
>> Huell: I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
>> WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IS IT WAS A BOOMING TOWN.
I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE 30S, BUT IN 1958 THEY MODERNIZED THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
POPULATION AND THE TOWN TOOK A NOSE DIVE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT KEPT IT FROZEN IN TIME.
>> Huell: HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE HERE?
>> 400.
>> Huell: ON A GOOD DAY.
>> 400 IN THE TOWN LIMITS AND 400 IN THE OUT LAYING RANCHES.
>> Huell: SO 800 ALTOGETHER.
THIS IS WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE, THIS LOOK AT THIS -- I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I ACTUALLY -- WHEN I FIRST SAW IT THOUGHT IT WAS A NEW BMG MEANT-- BUILDING MEANT TO LOOK OLD.
SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE AT DISNEYLAND.
IT'S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
>> THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A STAGECOACH STOP.
OKAY, THE STAGECOACH WOULD COME FROM HERE AND INTO MADDY'S TAVERN AND THEN OVER THE HILL INTO SANTA BARBARA.
>> Huell: IS THIS ORIGINAL?
>> THE HOTEL WAS BUILT IN 1880 AND BURNED DOWN IN 1893, CURIOUSLY ENOUGH.
ANYWAY THE HOTEL OWNER HAD EXPAND THE ROOMS FROM 25 TO 50 ROOMS, SURPRISE SURPRISE, THE HOTEL WENT DOWN, THE OWNER WENT ON TRIAL HE WAS ACQUITTED BUT THERE WAS NO QUESTION.
>> Huell: FOR ARSON YOU THINK.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Huell: BUT IT WAS BUILT BACK.
>> IT WAS REBUILT IN THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
AND FROM THE PICTURES OF THE SANTA BARBARA ARCHIVES.
>> Huell: OH WE CAN ACTUALLY GO IN?
OH MY GOSH.
>> YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE SECRET PASSWORD, TODAY IT'S DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME FROM LAST NIGHT.
>> Huell: OH MY GOSH WHAT IN -- LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.
>> ISN'T IT A WONDERFUL OLD PLACE.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THE WOODWORK UP HERE.
>> ISN'T IT WONDERFUL.
>> Huell: IS THIS ORIGINAL?
>> YES, THISE IS THE STAGECOACH STOP.
THE GUEST COULD COME OFF AND STAY IN.
THEY WOULD HAVE DINNER AND SIT AND TALK.
>> Huell: NOW IS THIS THE ORIGINAL FIREPLACE?
>> THIS ACTUALLY WAS MADE IN ONE OF THE RESTORATION PROJECTS, THIS IS OUT OF AN OLD MANSION IN PASADENA.
OF COURSE AS YOU GO THROUGH, HISTORY GOES ON, THINGS CHANGE YOU NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENT AND THEY BRING THINGS TO UPDATE IT AND MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> Huell: IS THIS ORIGINAL?
>> THIS IS ANTIQUES THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE.
>> Huell: OH LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND LOOK AT THE DINING ROOM.
NOW WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN A PLACE THAT THE -- THEY WOULD HAVE COME OFF THE STAGE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
GET A STEAK AND GRUB FOR 25 CENTS.
>> Huell: WOW.
>> AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING SINCE THE 1930s, I JUST HEARD A STORY, I GUESS JOHNNY CASH USED TO SING HERE, THIS IS BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS WAS DURING PROHIBITION, AND FROM FROM I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN RING THE DOOR BELL AND A LITTLE OLD MAN WOULD COME DOWN THE STAIRS AND YOU CAN BUY SOME BOOZE.
I WAS THINKING HOW CAN THAT BE DURING THE 20s AND 30s, THIS WAS A BOOMING DOWN IN á DURING PRO HIBATION.
>> Huell: I'M LOOKING AT THE ANTIQUES AND I LOOK OVER HERE AND I'M SEEING -- >> DON'T LOOK AT THIS.
>> Huell: THEY WERE NOT GETTING OFF THE STAGECOACH SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE CHAIRS.
>> NO NO, THAT'S FROM THE 50s ROOM.
DON'T LOOK AT THAT PART.
>> Huell: THIS IS KIND OF AN HE ECLECTIC PLACE.
>> YES.
>> Huell: HOW, THE PEOPLE EAT HERE?
>> YES, WE DO A LOT OF PRIVATE PARTIES, WE DO DINNERS, SOMETIMES WEDDINGS.
>> Huell: BUT YOU'RE NOT OPEN ON A DAILY PLACES.
>> SINCE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, EVERYTHING GOT CHANGED.
AND WE HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES RUNNING AROUND.
BUT WE DO PRIVATE MURDERS, WE DO STAGECOACH MURDER MYSTERIES, WE DO THEM ONCE A MONTH.
EVERYBODY COMES DRESSED AS A CHARACTER OF THE OLD WEST.
YOU'LL BE DRESSED LIKE A GUN SWINGER.
>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE, HERE COMES YOUR GUARD DOG.
>> EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A DOOR MAN, I HAVE A DOOR DOG.
>> Huell: HE BARKS AT PEOPLE WALKING BY.
>> I TRAINED HIM TO DO THAT.
>> Huell: WHAT'S HIS NAME?
>> KOREY.
>> Huell: HI KOREY.
>> GOOD BOY, IT'S OKAY.
HE'S DONE HIS BEAUT.
>> Huell: HE'S EARNING HIS KEEP.
>>' SEE IF I'M OUT IN THE GARDEN AND WE'RE EXPECTING GUESTS, HE'LL BARK AND I CAN HEAR HIM ALL THE WAY OUTSIDE.
AND HE WORKS FOR BONES.
>> Huell: THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND MORE AND MORE UNBELIEVABLE.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL OL' SALOON.
IT PREDATES THE HOTEL.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN VIRGINIA CITY NEVADA.
>> Huell: HOW DID THAT GET HERE?
>> THEY WERE TEARING THAT WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE RESTORATION IN THE TEENS, AND WHAT THEY DID, THEY WERE THEY BROUGHT THIS AROUND, AND APPARENTLY THIS WAS BROUGHT AROUND THE HORNS SO WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE RESTORATION THEY BROUGHT IT IN HERE.
>> Huell: WHAT IS THIS IN HERE?
>> ISN'T THIS WONDERFUL.
IF YOU NOTICE NONE OF THE FLOORS ARE STRAIGHT.
IF YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE LEGS HAD TO BE ADAPTED.
>> LOOK AT THE CEILING.
>> THIS IS A HISTORIC BUILDING UP HERE.
IT'S NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION BUT IT WAS DOWN THE STREET AND IN THE 70s, AND SOMEBODY FELT GUILTY ABOUT PULLING DOWN AN OLD BUILDING AND THEY PUT IT UP THERE.
IT'S HISTORIC BUT NOT IN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.
>> Huell: THIS BAR WAS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE HOTEL.
>> OH YES, INTERESTING STORY ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTING.
WE HAVE HAD ONE MURDER HERE AT THE UNION HOTEL.
IT WAS BACK IN THE 70s IT WAS IN THE 1970s, APPARENTLY IT WAS THE DAYS OF THE ARTISTIC AND THE ONE FELLOW HAD LONG HAIR, HE WAS A HIPPIE.
AND HE LIVED HERE AT THE HOTEL AND PAINTD A LOT OF WONDERFUL PICTURES AND ONE FRIDAY NIGHT HE WAS FLIRTING WITH THE COWBOY'S WIFE.
AND THE HIPPIE FELLOW WENT TO GET A DRINK AND THE COWBOY FOLLOWED HIM OUT AND SHOT HIM DEAD IN THE BOARDWALK.
>> Huell: STHT COWBOY'S WIFE.
>> MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT.
COWBOY WENT ON TRIAL AND WAS ACQUITTED.
>> Huell: OF COURSE THE HIPPIE WAS FLIRTING WITH HIS WIFE.
>> OF COURSE YOU DON'T SCREW AROUND WITH COWBOYS.
THIS IS ALSO OUR BUFFALO ROOM.
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE WE WOULD CALL IT A BUFFALO ROOM.
>> Huell: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE BUFFALO HEAD?
>> WELL I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE MOOSE, THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 20s, I GUESS THEY DECIDED TO STAY.
>> Huell: IS THIS WHAT YOUR GUESTS WEAR WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR MYSTERY NIGHT?
>> YES, SO NOT JUST LOOKING LIKE YOUR STEPPING BACK IN TIME.
IT'S QUITE A TRIP.
>> Huell: BUT LOOK AT THIS, WHEN YOU COME IN HERE YOU ARE STEPPING BACK IN TIME.
LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS AN AMAZING ROOM, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN IN A ROOM LIKE THIS BEFORE.
>> ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
YOU SHOULD SEE IT AT NIGHT WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE DIM.
IT HAS FEELINGS, HOW DO YOU SAY, IT'S LIVELY WITH MEMORIES.
>> Huell: YEAH, YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE SPIRITS HERE.
>> THEY'RE ALL VERY HAPPY ONES THOUGH.
THEY'RE ALL VERY HAPPY.
>> Huell: HOW HAVE YOU KEPT IT THIS WAY?
>> NO SLEEP.
A LOT OF HARD WORK.
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
DOING HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT'S HARD TO FIND CRAFTSMANS THAT UNDERSTAND.
>> Huell: AND YOU RUN THIS PLACE BY YOURSELF.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Huell: NO ADVERTISING BUDGET.
>> NOR.
>> Huell: NO MARKETING BUDGET.
>> NO SIR.
>> Huell: NO PR.
>> I TELL MY GUEST TELL YOUR VERY NICEST FRIENDS.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
>> Huell: WE'RE HEADING UP THE CREEKY STAIRS.
>> BEING AN OLD HOTEL.
SOME OF THE ROOMS HAVE PRIVATE BATHS AND SOME YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THE CORNER ACROSS THE HALL.
>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE, LOOK AT THIS ROOM UP HERE.
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT.
>> THIS IS THE UPSTAIRS PARLOR.
IN THE OLD DAYS, PEOPLE WOULD TALK TO EACH OTHER AND THEY WOULD GET OFF THE STAGE AND THE WAY THEY GOT THEIR NEWS IS BY SPEAK APPROXIMATING TO OTHER-- SPEAKING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS WITH OUR SHARED BATHS, YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THE CORNER.
WE'RE EXCITING WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE ANYMORE.
>> Huell: WE'RE HEADING DOWN THE HALLWAY HERE.
>> ISN'T THIS GREAT?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUMPING INTO A GHOST, IT WILL BE AROUND THIS CORNER IS THE MOST LIKELY PLACE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SHARING BATHS.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THIS.
I LIKE JUST BEING.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
ISN'T THIS GREAT.
>> Huell: LOOK AT THIS.
>> THESE ARE FROM THE SANTA BARBARA ARCHIVES.
>> Huell: THE OLE TANK.
>> YES, >> Huell: OH WOW.
>> AND UNION HOTEL IN THE LEFT.
YOU GET A HISTORY LESSON WHILE YOU'RE -- >> Huell: LK AT THIS ROOM.
THIS IS GREAT RIGHT HERE.
OH WOW.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A NEW SINK OVER THERE IN THE CORNER, SO YOU'VE GOT SOME MODERN EXPERIENCES IN HERE.
>> YES, SOME DIFFICULTIES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE 1880 FIXURES IT'S HARD TO FIND THEM.
>> Huell: I LIKE THE LOBBY, BUT I LIKE LOBBY UPSTAIRS.
YOU'VE GOT THE POP BELLY STOVE.
>> YES, WE FIRE UP IN THAT THE WINTER EVENING.
THIS WAS PAUL McCARTNEY AND MICHAEL JACKSON MADE THE VIDEO "SAY SAY SAY" HERE.
>> Huell: SAY AGAIN?
>> THEY MADE THE VIDEO IN THIS ROOM.
>> Huell: IN THIS ROOM?
>> YES, ALSO THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL.
AND THEY CAME IN AT NUMBER FOUR ALL TIME VIDEO.
WHAT'S REALLY CUTE, IT SHOWS THE GUYS PLAYING POOL AND THERE IS A GIRL TRYING TO ENTICE THEM.
WELL THAT'S THE ROOM AND TURNS OUT THE GIRL WAS LINDA McART McARTARNEY.
>> Huell: HOW WAS THAT?
>> I JUST HEARD THE STORIES.
I WAS NOT HERE YET.
>> Huell: SO THESE ARE STORIES.
>> I'VE BEEN HEARING STORIES SINCE I BOUGHT THE HOTEL.
AT FIRST I DIDN'T BELIEVE 95% OF THEM.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES.
>> Huell: I BET THERE IS A LOT OF STORIES SINCE THE DAY IT OPENED.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE'VE GOT THEM THROUGH THE 30S, HOWARD HUGHES HAD A SECRET MEETING, AND OF COURSE PROHIBTION.
>> Huell: AND EVERY DAY A NEW PAGE COMES INTO THE BOOK.
>> JUST WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
>> Huell: YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS GOING TO SHOW UP.
>> THE COUPLE THAT WAS HERE, THEY LEFT THEIR PILLOW, IF I HAD NOT BEEN WAITING FOR THEM, I WOULD HAVE COME AT THE FESTIVAL.
YOU WOULD HAVE COME IN -- >> Huell: AND YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE.
THEY STOPPED ME AND SAID YOU'VE GOT TO MEET CHRIS.
SO IF THEY HAD NOT STAYED HERE AND LEFT THEIR PILLOW AND COME BACK, WE NEVER COULD HAVE MET.
>> IT'S AMAZING HOW THESE THINGS WORK.
>> Huell: CHALK IT UP TO THE SPIRITS.
>> IF YOU'RE WANTED IN A CERTAIN PLACE NO MATTER HOW YOU GO, YOU'LL GET THERE.
>> Huell: WELL, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME AND IT LITERALLY ALL STARTED BY US PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISCOVERING THIS PLACE.
>> THAT'S HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DISCOVER LOS ALAMOS.
SOME STAY FOR A FEW YEARS AND GO ON THEIR MARRY WAY.
>> Huell: WE'RE NOT STAYING YEARS BUT WE SPENT AN HOUR HERE.
IT WAS ALL A CHANCE FOR YOU TOO.
>> YES, STOPPED BY TO SEE A FRIEND I HAD NOT SEEN IN 20 YEARS.
>> Huell: THERE GO THE BICYCLERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE PASS THROUGH.
>> WE KEEP SOME OF THEM.
>> Huell: THEY GET SUCKED IN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Huell: WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL DAY IN THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE TOWN.
IT'S ONLY FOUR BLOCKS.
>> LOOK AT ALL THIS TRAFFIC, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SAW YOU.
BEFORE YOU CAME THERE WAS NOT A CAR ON THE ROAD.
>> THANKS FOR COMING TO LOS ALAMOS >> Huell: FOUR BLOCKS AND 400 PEOPLE LOTS OF GOOD SPIRITS.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WE ENJOYED HAVING YOU COME.
VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION
