Reminder of the 70's along Rio Grande 05 – Motel El Rancho Siesta, Price, Utah

: Price, UT Sep. 10, 2014
: William’s postcard maybe printed in the 70’s
: Ronald’s postcard maybe printed in the 50’s

Motel El Rancho Siesta was located at the west entrance of Price, Utah on 145 N Carbonville Rd (old US Hwy 50 & 6); faces the Rio Grande main.

Ottmar Karl Emil(1893 – 1967) and Bell Jemina(1893 – 1964) Reichert built the motel[1]. Their son Ronald O.(1923 – 1980) and Lillian A. Reichert succeeded the business in the 50’s. William L.(1908 – 1998) and Una Vivian(1907 – 1997) Burton, Donald Hansen(1924 – 2006) and Leona Barbara(1924 – 2006) Winter succeeded the business in turn[2,3]. The motel is still active today as Legacy Inn, managed by Zofia Krozeo.

El Rancho Siesta means The Nap Shack: exotic idioms such as La Siesta, El Rey, El Rancho, Frontier and Trading Post are often used in the west for the travel business names in the 30’s to the 50’s.

[1] Ottmar Reichert obituary;
[2] William L. Burton obituary;
[3] Donald Winter obituary;


Motel El Rancho SiestaはPriceの町の西端にあった。現在もLegacy Innとして盛業中である。Rio Grandeの本線は道路を挟んだ向かいを走っている。

El Rancho Siestaとはスペイン語で昼寝小屋の意である。このようなエキゾチックな言葉を店の名前に冠することが、1930年代から50年代にかけて流行ったらしい。