Historic El Rancho Hotel

Historic El Rancho Hotel

Tagging itself as having the “Charm of Yesterday... Convenience of Tomorrow,” El Rancho sticks out in the town of Gallup. Whether you check out the traditional native crafts at the Last Trading Post or order the Ronald Reagan burger with jellybeans at The Silver Screen, you’ll notice that El Rancho is unlike other hotels in the area. El Rancho opened in 1937, built by movie theatre developer Rupert Earl Griffith. Despite the Great Depression ong…