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Carson City for sale named the French Hotel. The business went pretty well and even during
Prohibition the hotels served wine. The clientele were more American than Basque. The politicians took a liking to Paul at the time, said he'd be governor some day. Eventually his father bought some ewes again and started buying private land so he would be able to run his sheep. He never wanted to be big again, because it was too risky. In the hotel there were also many miners, prospectors and buckaroos. In town, the Basques would wear their best suits every day. His father almost went crazy staying in the hotel, wanted to be outside in the mountains running sheep and cattle.
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American sheepherder, but he lost sheep. The significance of the Basque hotels were that they were a home away from home for the sheepherders, where they could speak Basque, play cards and have
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Basques would always stay with the sheep and never leave them.
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A Private War: An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo
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A Time We Knew: Images of Yesterday in the Basque Homeland
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