Following the Civil War, Memphis began the process of rebuilding. In 1869, Colonel Robert C. Brinkley opened a 75-room hotel which contained private baths, a ballroom, saloon and lobby. Brinkley planned to name the hotel after himself, but when he learned that his dear friend, philanthropist George Peabody, had died, he christened it The Peabody. […]
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