The Pan Am Hotel on Midway Island, nicknamed "Gooneyville Lodge", hosted trans-Pacific passengers from about 1935 to...

The Pan Am Hotel on Midway Island, nicknamed "Gooneyville Lodge", hosted trans-Pacific passengers from about 1935 to 1941. It was torn down in 1957. The hotel, a prefabricated structure with solar-heated hot water, electric lights, screened-in porches, and formal dining room, was used during World War II for men on rest and recuperation and as part of the submarine base housing. "Woody" station wagons were used to transport Pan American guests from the dock to the hotel. To cross the Pacific, Pan Am set up facilities on Midway, Wake Island, and Guam. Only the very wealthy could afford a trip, which in the 1930s cost more than three times the annual salary of an average American.

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