November 20, 1930 – Oil Booms help Hilton expand in Texas
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After buying his first motel in the booming oil town of Cisco, Texas, Conrad Hilton opened a high-rise hotel in El Paso. While visiting Cisco in 1919, Hilton had witnessed roughnecks from the Ranger oilfield waiting for rooms. Hilton’s first hotel, the Mobley, had 40 rooms he rented for eight-hour periods to coincide with workers’ shifts. Although the famous “Roaring Rangerâ€Â oilfield was eventually exhausted, Hilton was firmly established in the Texas hotel business.
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