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The Final Days of The Mississippi and Conclusion
The elegant hotel suffered greatly after the fire, causing the shift of ownership to Lorraine Lemay, the hotel cma eback strong through the '60s and '70s but soon after faced difficult financial circumstances. The efficacy of the decisions made by Lemay to feature new performers is up for debate, however, the “hotel … needed deep pockets and the only way to make money was through that sort of crowd”[37] almost forcing Lemay into that decision. The temporary success that came from the major change did much more harm than good and sent the hotel into a downward spiral as a result, eventually ending in The Mississippi’s closure under carters ownership. Expressed wonderfully by Linda Herself, “it seems to be always like that in a small town…They don't support it during its time of need and once it's gone they lament about the past. The past is gone and you need to continually support things or you lose them.”[38]
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