My husband and I lucked upon the St. James Hotel about 4 or 5 years ago as we drove from a disappointing tour of Dodge City, Kansas. (It was his "Wild West Tour" and he used to watch Gunsmoke, for heavens sake.) We were told by the guide in the tiny Information stop that the St. James was an historic, and haunted, hotel. She herself had had an eerie experience there and assured us that it was a Must See. We drove down the road and were thrilled to see that it was not one of those hotels that has been all slicked up and glossed over in an attempt to revive the past. It seemed to still BE in the past. We wandered down the hallways and looked into Bat Masterson's, Annie Oakley's, Buffalo Bill's, and Jesse James' rooms, viewed the ledgers signed by Jesse James (an alias of his, anyway), went upstairs to see the room that is so haunted that it is locked shut, and saw the bullet holes in the tin ceiling of the restaurant(which was the original bar). Well, we were hooked and checked into Bat's room for the night. Did I experience any ghostly visits? Well, I did smell the fragrance of roses...but maybe that was the power of suggestion? The diningroom was open that night and we had a fabulous meal served on white tablecloth...wine, etc. Very romantic! The entire experience was just magical. The only sad part is that we tried to recreate the experience a couple of years later and it fell flat. The diningroom was not open because they couldn't find enough people to work there, I had altitude sickness, we stayed in the Jesse James room and that room is not as nice as the Bat Masterson, etc. Oh, well. If you go, be sure to interview the staff about their ghostly encounters and pray that the diningroom is open for a nice dinner. Either way, don't miss this hotel experience!