Louis Hautier, a feisty Belgian and his talented wife Josephine arrived on foot from Yale in 1861, where they opened the Globe Hotel. The Hautier's raised a family of five children while operating the hotel. Besides being a venturesome businessman, Louis was also a naturopath, and collected many natural plants from the surrounding area to make his medicines. Mrs. Hautier had been an Opera singer in San Francisco and Victoria, and was also a gourmet cook. Due to her cultivated ways and her sophistication, she was a woman ahead of her time, and was not accepted by the people of Lytton. She became an alcoholic, and died young.
Louis Hautier, opened the Globe Hotel in the early 1860s (credit:
BC Archives #A-1329)
Josephine Hautier, a fabulous cook brought the customers into the Globe Hotel.
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