The History of Hotel Albert.
In 1910, a 3 million acre fire leveled
DeBorgia, and two other towns along the St. Regis river. Edward Albert,
who owned a sawmill up the creek, saw an opportunity. He took some
of his own lumber and built a hotel to serve the rail passangers that traveled
through town on both the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee railroads.
His wife Emma ran the Hotel while he presided over the Saloon next door.
It remained a hotel until Edward Albert
died. Emma Albert then used it solely as her residence until her
death in 1967. It remained in the Albert Family but vacant and boarded
up until 1978 when a succession of entrepreneurs came in to restore it.
Each poured their hearts and money into it until they ran out of one or
the other. Pam Motta purchased it in 1993 and has been runing it
as a B&B ever since.
Neither of the railroads come through
here anymore. The Northern Pacific Railroad has been replaced by
Interstate 90, and the Milwaukee Railroad railbed (also know as "The Route
of the Hiawatha") now provides excellent opportunities for hikers, mountain
bikers, snowmobiliers, and cross-country skiers. The section of the
Hiawatha that runs past Hotel Albert is 40+ miles long.
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