Yates Hotel
Historical marker location:
5th and Main St., Rankin, Texas
( Corner of 5th and Main St., Rankin)
Marker installed: 1964
Marker size: Medallion & Plate
Built as showplace by Ira Yates, for boom crowds drawn by his $15,000,000 gusher of 1926, on dry ranch with which he was "stuck" in swap off of a general store.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
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