Old West Saloons

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  1. Bobby Cole

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    I got to know Amanda Blake fairly well when I was a consultant at the Our Place Restaurant in Care Free, Az.
    She and a few other TV retired celebs would often uh...embibe shall we say, in more than a few toddies at the bar.
     
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    Looks like the whole town is at Clancey's!!
     
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    Tent saloons popped up in mining camps.

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    Alta, Utah, boasts some of the finest powder-skiing accomodations in the world. I learned to ski there (ha!), encouraged by my Advisor and Professor from UNLV, Herb Wells. He was an avid skier, a great historian, and a Counselor to be admired and thanked for kicking me in the ass as I went through a divorce with 2 semesters left to go, as I was considering dropping out.
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    When a major portion of the French Quarter burned down in 1788, some of the bars were rebuilt and included many of the specifications of the old ones.
    There are a few left today from that era which still have marble fronts to the bars and a trough running the full length of the bar.
    In days gone by, the only seats were for card players and men stood at the bar to drink. To say it delicately, when the tanks were full there was no need to move because they could be emptied whilst standing at the bar.

    Yeah, I know New Orleans isn’t the west but it’s still a very old city with some great stories.
     
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    In the old western pictures I love to look at the REAL clothing worn then and compare it to what we saw on TV, far different.

    Keep um coming !

    thank you

    look here under old west great info

    http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
     
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    Sweetwater Saloon, Fort Worth, Texas, date unknown.

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    Soiled doves of the old west.

    I wish I could find the story behind the famous teacup lady photo.

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    The Holy Moses Saloon in Creede, Colorado. A very interesting old mining town.

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    I wonder why they felt the need for the elaborate facade?

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    Fake second floors were pretty common, I guess. I can remember seeing some of them in older buildings, even in the UP of Michigan and Wisconsin.
     
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    Wasn't the second floor in saloons usually were the "women" worked?

    Maybe a fake second floor was to draw the men in thinking there was something more than there really was.
     
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    Teacup Sallie's Prostitution License
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    My, my. Those look just like my tea cups. BTW, that sounds like a pretty steep fee for a three month period. Booming economy, I'm guessing.
     
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