The store in the Stockyards

Oklahoma · United States · Hotel

Patty was shot by her boyfriend where the boot department is now. Her sister Rose hanged herself in a room upstairs, and that door is nailed shut.

The building in the Oklahoma City Stockyards is a shop now. In the 1800s it was a hotel upstairs with a bar and dance hall below.

A young woman called Patty worked in the part of the ground floor that now holds the women's boots and children's departments. Her boyfriend shot and killed her there.

Her sister Rose learned what had happened and hanged herself in one of the hotel rooms upstairs.

That room's door is nailed shut.

A sealed door is the most persuasive thing a building can offer a story like this, because somebody had to decide to do it. Whatever the reason, it was not a decision anyone took casually.

The Stockyards district has been in continuous use since the cattle trade built it, and the shop's staff are the ones who report what happens on both floors.

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Where is The store in the Stockyards located?

The store in the Stockyards is in Oklahoma, United States.