Hotel Cortez
August 20, 2026
In the late 1800s, Mrs. Lee H. Orndorff, later Mrs. Charles DeGroff, became a notable figure in the hotel history of Tucson and El Paso. According to the account, she protected her eight-room Tucson hotel and her three sons during an approach by Geronimo by welcoming him with hospitality, after…
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