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"The first hotel in the county was kept at Mount Pisgah by William M. Lock. Being
something of a wag, when
travelers called and desired to know if they could be accommodated, he would tell them,
'Oh, yes, if you can put up with wolf meat and poor whisky.' Such was the serious manner
of Mr. Lock that travelers were generally inclined to believe him really in earnest. They
were compelled, however, to stop with him, making a virtue of necessity from the fact that
the first house east was at Glenn's post office in Clarke County, 42 mils distant, and the
nearest northwest at Thomas M. Johnson's in Adair County, 45 miles distant. When the real
bill of fare was placed before the, his guests were generally very agreeably
undeceived." From "The Des Moines Register"
http://www.dmregister.com
Iowa's 150 Years Series: A slice of Iowa's past
June 30, 1996
Section B: Iowa News
(From A.T. Andreas'"Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa," 1875,
describing Union County)
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