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9 unusual facts about Western saloon


Bracken, Texas

Soon, saloons lined the town's seven blocks, which expanded to thirteen near the turn of the century.

Cherry Creek, Nevada

In 1873, Cherry Creek included a livery stable, a blacksmith shop, a large hotel, several boarding houses, restaurants, and more than twenty saloons.

Deweyville, Utah

Saloons, a brewery, two boarding houses, a barber shop, and lumber, hardware, and merchandise businesses were opened.

Germantown Hills, Illinois

A steam sawmill was built in 1860, and in the 1890s, the Union House was erected as a tavern, grocery store, and saloon.

Kelly Dixon

While at the University of Nevada she worked on her dissertation based on the archaeology of an African American saloon with Donald Hardesty.

Robert's Lounge

Robert's Lounge was a saloon in New York City owned by Lucchese crime family associate James 'Jimmy the Gent' Burke.

Utsalady, Washington

In 1870, the community had 54 houses, 147 people, a blacksmith shop, telegraph, a saloon, a shipyard and a school.

Wild Gunman

It also featured a shooting gallery where opponents had to be shot from the windows of a saloon.

Wilson W. Jones

The Goldwater brothers did poorly in Sonora and fared no better when they moved to Los Angeles, where the brothers had a billiard parlor, bar and a tobacco shop in the Bella Union Hotel.


Pioneer City

The park was opened on Memorial Day weekend 1966 by photography studio magnate Myron M. "Mike" Weiss, Sr. as a built-to-scale Dodge City, Kansas, complete with a saloon, general store, Pony Express office, opera house and casino, undertaker, and barber shop, highlighted by cowboy actors who staged gunfights at high noon.


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