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Mashpee Messenger Thursday,May 25, 1995 Pa-e 7 <br /> MASHPEE - NowAND- <br /> -1 HENBY NOEL B EYLE <br /> If there is any place in Mashpee's history that could ever truly be <br /> called"world famous"it was the Hotel Attaquin. <br /> It was built in 1,840 near the Mashpee MiIi Pond off-what today is <br /> Route 130.Ifs:.owner was Solomon Attaquin, who had made a consid- <br /> erable <br /> 'fortune in*the whalingand shipping <br /> before. <br /> g industries the decades <br /> i <br /> For many years;the Hotel Attaquin was a prince lodging place for A - <br /> rye _ k j F �. icing sportsmen, primarily fishermen, but also hunters as well. <br /> w. r Among Its illustrious:guests were Daniel Webster President Grover <br /> y r; , Cleveland and the famous actor Jose h Jefferson. <br /> Mr.Attaquin sold q the hotel in 1$88 (he died in 1895). It continued to serve the public until it was destroyed by fn a on Dec. 19, 1 conti onti <br /> 964 <br /> In a-speech about IVlashpee's history given a few years ago, Russell <br /> j Peters described the restaurantAounge-section of the hotel on the first <br /> floor, where Indians and whites were separated by a bar an d food <br /> Preparation area.Usually by the evening's eiid,Mr. Peters said with a <br /> Chuckle, many of the whites could be found in the Indian side of the <br /> establishment. <br />