Oft's Bed and Breakfast: "It's a Family Tradition"

Our guests, Joan, Merv and Sylvia left early this morning so Linda and I got an early start at cleaning rooms and doing laundry.  As I was making a bed, I couldn't help but to reflect that both my mother's and father's parents were farmers but grandparents on both sides had been inn keepers.  Heiko Mueller was an inn keeper in German before he immigrated to America and Eggert Oft started one of the first hotels (see: http://bennhistsoc.blogspot.com) when Bennington was found in 1888.  Eggert and his family lived in, and operated the hotel for 11 years.  So as Hank Williams so eloquently sang, cooking breakfast and making beds; "Its a family tradition."

Eggert and Rosa Oft (1882)
Owned and operated Oft's Hotel, Bennington, NE

Meilina and Heiko Mueller
Inn Keepers in German (1890)