Visitor Accommodations
Hotels, Tourist Camp, Meals

"Vernon Parish Democrat," July 22, 1920

"Interested Friends May Spend Vacation at Llano -- The Colony is making arrangements whereby those who are interested in the welfare of the Llano Colony and would like to visit us during their summer vacation will be taken care of.

We are short of help in all lines of endeavor, and the help of these friends will be welcome. They may come and make themselves at home just as if they had joined us, work every day with the boys, learn our ways and ideals, and earn their board as well.

A vacation spent in this manner will be healthful, pleasant, and they will learn much more about us in a few days than by many months of correspondence.

All that is necessary is to let us know a few days ahead, and wait for our 'come-on' signal."

"Llano Colonist," September 2, 1922

"Refute What They Say; Live and Learn at Llano -- Do you know that you can spend a very profitable vacation at Llano?

You can live here with the co-operators for $1.00 a day, and -- just think what you can learn from this wonderful experiment...

Llano climate is so mild that fall and winter is a good time to visit us. Come and help us harvest our crops. Work and play with our fellows and enjoy our life.

Some self-styled co-operative experts claim we are not co-operating. We merely reply: "Come and see." You will learn us from personal experience, perceive our aims, and understand the idea which drives us onward.

The invitation is for all.

Health, happiness and education will result from a vacation at Llano.

Get off the Kansas City Southern train at Stables some day, and you will become a missionary for the Llano idea.

Don't merely accept the statements made by uninformed persons and fanatics; come on and live with us for a month, for $30.00, and you'll KNOW."

"Llano Colonist," June 23, 1928

"Another visitor today, is a magazine writer, who seems quite seriously interested in our movement and the colony. Needless to say we give these writers free swing to look and investigate and the privilege to write just what they please."

"Llano Colonist," July 20, 1929

"Ole and his crew, consisting of Collins, Robert Daugherty, Roy Swenson, Homer Johnson and Comrade Farrand have moved back to town, because they sawed up all the logs on the skid-way at Anacoco [Creek]. Comrade Farrand is a visitor from New Zealand. For many years he has been a reader of the Colonist and has come across the waters to see who we are and what we are doing. He is a farmer by trade and if our government would allow him to stay he would be glad to add his forces with ours in carrying on the Llano movement."

"Llano Colonist," April 30, 1932

"At tonight's Psychological meeting General Pickett answered the oft-repeated question as to whether the colony charges for meals and rooms at the hotel for visitors and transients.

He said the impression seemed to have gotten out that since the colony has taken in people and put them to work without a cash payment, that meals and lodging were available to everybody for the asking.

The fact is, the rate at the colony hotel is $1.00 per day for board and lodgings. If these rates are not collected, it is because the visitor is unable to pay, in that event the colony does not press the matter.

Those who are visiting here and can pay, should do so, for nowhere in the world can one go and simply walk in and walk out without paying after receiving meals and board. It is not fair for anyone to expect to do so, and besides doesn't show good spirit."

"Llano Colonist," August 19, 1933

"Amidst a chorus of 'goodbyes' and 'good lucks,' Harold Megow and Peter Elmaur sped away from the colony hotel, Milwaukee0bound. These two young comrades were visiting the colony from that city to see their friends Gaulke, Mueller and Doneis, and they made many new friends during their brief stay here. They were ideal visitors in that they didn't try to tell the Llanoites how to run the colony, not to point out the obvious shortcomings of Llano. They won a warm place in the hearts of the colonists by voluntarily and eagerly pitching into the work of the colony shortly after their arrival, without a suggestion from anyone. Such visitors are rare! They said that they had truly enjoyed their four-day stay here and were sorry they couldn't stay longer."

"Llano Colonist," May 16, 1936

"Service Station and Tourist Camp Very Attractive -- Manager Yost Reports An Increasing Business in His Department; Close to Various Other Departments for Outside Service -- The Colony Service Station and Tourist Camp combine to make one of the real interesting departments of the co-operative village of Newllano.

Claude Yost, manager of the department, is a quiet individual who may not appear to be busy when you walk into the place, but if you will hang around a little while you will notice that he is not idle by any means.

Although the business is just emerging from the quiet season, Mr. Yost has been able up to the present time to sell an average of four hundred gallons of gas and forty gallons of oil per month. This is considered a fair amount of business for the Colony as many tourists do not know that the station is for public use as well as for the colony business.

Courtesy cards are issued by the Pan-Am company and accepted at this station, whereby the customer and dealer are not troubled with the handling of money, but the dealer receives his price from the company for the amount of cards turned in.

It is one of the most attractive stations in this vicinity; its newly painted orange and white coloring helps add to the beauty of the well-built structure. Many passers-by have remarked about the cleanliness of the building and the neat manner in which the station is kept.

The station is close to the colony store, coffee shop, machine shop, garage, ets. [sic], where additional service may be obtained by the tourist who stops at the camp.

Mr. Yost is on duty twenty-four hours a day. He closes the station at night, but is always ready to wait on customers even though they come at midnight. In the summer time he opens at daybreak, does a little sweeping and cleaning and then awaits his customers... and in a few minutes a car stops in front of the station. He takes care of the gas and oil and then asks about water. "I believe", answers the customer, "that I can make a few more hundred miles before needing water. Am on my way to New York..." And so the conversation continues, first about the weather and then about the roads... Such is the life of a gas station operator; meeting people, learning things and hearing people's experiences.

Last week a guest at the tourist camp was Warren Abbey of Jeanerette, Louisiana. This camp is connected with the gas station and is expected to do a thriving business during the warm weather.

Both the Gas Station and the Tourist Camp are now open and ready for the summer season."