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Photograph of Gladys Isabel (Good) Ellis with her two children, son, Walter William and daughter Alma.

Gladys was the daughter of Walter R. and Lillie E. (Rau) Good. She lived in Strasburg when she married William Machir Ellis (1911-1974) in 1934.…

Photograph of Henry Clay Ellis of Strasburg standing beside a gate. He was the son of William Henry Clay Ellis and Bess Ellen (Machir) Ellis.

As a young man, Henry worked as a bank teller in Washington D. C. There, he met and fell in love with…

Postcard showing a picture of the Hotel Machir in Strasburg Virginia. The card notes the site had reasonable rates, running water, tasty food, and private baths.

The hotel opened under the name "Chalyeveate Springs Hotel" in 1881 and was renamed…

Photograph of the Hotel Machir at the corner of Fort Street & Washington Street in Strasburg. The original structure was built in 1881 and was called the Chalyebeate Springs Hotel. Chalybeate’s reputation as an excellent lodging house would continue…

Color postcard with a picture of the Hotel Machir in Strasburg Virginia.