The Herbert Hoover room Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
In 2023 desk clerk Nancy Lehnert told Cowboy State Daily that a couple in the Herbert Hoover room smelled a woman's perfume that neither wore, then each felt someone slide into the bed between them. Other staff described glasses breaking for no reason. Source: Cowboy State Daily, 2023.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
Cowboy State Daily describes the lobby as "100% Old West Wyoming" and reports that children staying at the hotel write notes to the ghost of Emily, said to have died of cholera there in the early 1900s (Cowboy State Daily, 2023). The story is a legend; no record of her death was found in this check.
The hotel says it was founded in 1880 near the Bozeman Trail, and that in 1908 its original rough barroom was replaced with an elegant saloon with a stained-glass back bar and embossed tin ceiling (Occidental Hotel).
The hotel runs rooms, a café, a saloon and a restaurant, and has its own museum (Occidental Hotel).
Ghost stories
These are reported legends, not verified events. The creepiness score (1–5) is Spook Atlas's own editorial rating, not a measurement.
Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public The hotel's own site offers rooms and dining (Occidental Hotel). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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