Historical Marker
Hilton Hotel, Early
Historical marker location:
226 Coleman St., Marlin, Texas
( 226 Coleman St., Marlin)
Marker installed: 1970
After Conrad Hilton had initiated career that later made him foremost innkeeper in the world, at first venture in boom town of Cisco brought a dream of Texas "wearing a chain of Hilton Hotels." Reality outran dreams. This was his eighth hotel.
Marker dedicated to Conrad N. Hilton (born in 1887), one of the great men of America's southwestern frontier.