C.O. Kinney in 1903 built a 17 room hotel.  Perhaps not as pretentious or elegant as modern day structures but just as serviceable.

The growth of the area because of the railroad brought business people and potential residents to this new city.  As the school system grew, school teachers also boarded at the hotels.

The location of the hotel was on Broadway just east of the First Nation Bank building.  The Palace Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1907.