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308 Bronco Billy

The Broncho Billy Room

Room 308

Broncho Billy Anderson (1880-1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre. He directed and starred in almost 400 Broncho Billy films over a seven year period. He was born Max H. Aronson to a Jewish family in Little Rock, Arkansas. He performed in vaudeville before joining forces with Edwin S. Porter as an actor and occasional script collaborator. In Porter’s early motion picture “The Great Train Robbery (1901)”, Anderson played three roles. After seeing the film for the first time at a vaudeville theater and, being overwhelmed by the audience’s reaction, Anderson decided the film industry was for him. He began to write, direct, and act in his own Westerns.

Broncho Billy AndersonIn 1901, with George Spoor, he formed the Essanay Film Company in Chicago. Anderson gained enormous popularity in a series of hundreds of Western shorts, playing the first real cowboy hero, “Broncho Billy.” The classic Westerner, Billy was a rugged plainsman, aligned with society out of sympathy for the weak, but nonetheless a product of the landscape in which he functioned. As an uncouth ruffian and notorious outlaw, Broncho Billy was inevitably fated to reformation by religion or the love of a woman.

Anderson traveled the western United States by train with a film crew shooting movies. With the closure of the bankrupt “Wild West” show in 1913, Essanay Film Company organized “The Col. W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) Historical Pictures Company”. In 1916, Anderson sold his ownership in Essanay and retired from acting. He returned to New York, bought the Longacre Theatre and produced plays. Anderson came out of retirement for a cameo in “The Bounty Killer.” He died in 1971 in Woodland Hills, California.

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    The Broncho Billy room features 1 King size bed, a single lavatory, & a shower.
    All rooms have wired and wireless internet & individual heat/ac.

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    • 5 star review  Beautiful restored 125 year old Hotel. They have 22 rooms completely unique. Fantastic staff. The bed is so comfortable that I want to take it home.

      thumb April Bocek
    • 5 star review  I love the way they have kept the historic feel and significance of this inn and at the same time made it comfortable with all the amenities of a fine hotel! The bed was comfortable the bathroom was roomy and very clean and I really enjoyed the clawfoot tub! If you need anything for your room that isn't in it already the front desk is very happy to get it for you. We asked for ice, wine glasses, and a corkscrew 🙂

      thumb Michelle Brown
    • 5 star review  The inn was far more impressive than I expected it to be when I booked my trip. Upon arrival I was met with a kind and very helpful staff. The rooms were spotless and the beds were top notch. Very comfortable and that's even with having had multiple back surgeries in the past. The inn was updated to modern standards but only so far as to make the place comfortable without detracting from the history the building was full of. Comfortable, friendly, historically rich atmosphere. I cannot wait to stop by for a visit on my next trip north west. Simply a beautiful place I could easily see used for destination weddings or small events.

      thumb Donnie January
    • 5 star review  Awesome place to stay if you enjoy a more historical atmosphere. Staff was great. Accommodations were top notch. Definitely will return.

      thumb Dan Ranney
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