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The National Park Service says the hotel's owners report a friendly poltergeist called Oatie, believed to be Irish miner William Ray Flour, who died behind the hotel. Source: National Park Service.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The National Park Service says the Durlin Hotel was built in 1902 and rebuilt in 1924 after a 1921 fire, is the only historic two-story adobe building in Mohave County, was renamed the Oatman Hotel in the late 1960s, and was listed on the National Register in 1983 (National Park Service).
Sources differ: the 1983 National Register nomination documents only the building constructed in 1924, and Wikipedia also says John Durlin built it in 1924 (NRHP nomination; Wikipedia). The 1902 origin comes from the NPS web summary and local tradition.
Ghost stories
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The same page says the owners claim Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who stayed there after their 1939 wedding, are heard whispering and laughing in empty rooms. Source: National Park Service.
The same page says the owners claim Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who stayed there after their 1939 wedding, are heard whispering and laughing in empty rooms. Source: National Park Service.
Then and now
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Public access
Partly open The National Park Service says the hotel no longer has overnight rooms but has a bar and restaurant on the first floor and a museum upstairs (National Park Service). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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