Trade Winds Inn

2128 Gary Blvd., Clinton OK
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The Trade Winds Inn is just across the street from the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Elvis Presley reportedly stayed here in Room 215 four times during 1964 & 1965. The motel opened with 61 guest rooms, a swimming pool, a beauty salon, a coffee shop, a dining room, and a Tonga Club. Some suites had a "Sun Deck" patio. Maybe the most unusual amenity was a 16 lane bowling alley. Room rates range from $7.00 to 40.00 when the motel was new in 1965.

It was originally the Master Hosts Motor Hotel which later became the Best Western Trade Winds Motel. The hotel was first opened by Walter S. Mason Jr. in 1963. Mason went on to become the president of the Best Western International in 1984 by which time the motel had been renamed the Tradewinds Courtyard Inn. He owned the motel until 2004. Mason also donated land across the road for the Route 66 Museum.

Photo(s): May 2012