Sam H. Mobberly, builder of the Mobberly Hotel in 1884, was joined in operating the famed hostelry by his son, Sam H. Mobberly, Jr., who continued to manage the hotel after his father's death in 1910.
The hotel was the center of social gatherings for the entire area and was known as the best hotel between New Orleans and El Paso. Furnishings for all the rooms were expensive and elaborate, and crystal chandeliers were used throughout the rooms. The building was destroyed by fire on June 13, 1965.
Published in the 1970 Longview, Texas centennial book.
