search for a real SALOON

[Gamecock]

So many bars. So little time.

 

[raljr1]

The Iron Horse Saloon (north side of Durango Co.) had the best free chili and coldest beer in the San Juans. The women weren't bad looking either.

I second this one.

 

[ordnanceguy]

The Saloon at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Built in 1882. The first reunion of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders was held at the Plaza in 1899. Totally restored a few years ago and now on the National Register of Historic Places. It oozes history.

And if you liked that TV show Longmire, it was filmed right there on the square in Las Vegas, NM with the Plaza Hotel in the background many times.

 

[Drm50]

Is One Eyed Jacks still operating in El Paso? There were a lot of good joints 50yrs ago. A lot of them have been turned into tourist traps for yuppies.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Last time I was in Deadwood, in the fall, discovered that there are two saloons called #10. One is restored, but not in the correct location? The other claimed to be the original. Opposite sides of main street, within sight of each other. So as with many old locations, different stories exist. Beer was fine in both!

As I recall, they each had various plaques describing the circumstances. None of the "originals" exist due to the 1879 fire. The one I linked claimed to be rebuilt on the same site. If I'm remembering correctly, the one I linked had a chair mounted over the door that claimed to be either the same chair or from the original table that Doc was shot at/in . . .

 

[ExRanger714]

Last time I was in Deadwood my companion won enough at blackjack to pay for her trip. I lost about that much playing poker.

The chair over the door at Old Style #10 was the one WB died in. Supposedly.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Atlantic City Mercantile
Atlantic City, Wyoming

 

[jag312]

The International in Austin NV (and you can drive the Loneliest Road in America.)

The bar came from England to a place in San Francisco and then out there. Barely occupied by folks, Austin is a neat little town in the middle of nowhere.

Of course there is also the oldest bar in NV in Genoa at the foothills of the Sierras and the entire town of Virginia City.

If you visit the Genoa Bar (since 1853) in Genoa, Nevada in the Winter, always bring some wood to feed the wood burning stove that heats the place.

 

[Dashriprock]

Kochevar's Saloon in Crested Butte, Colorado. George Leroy Parker once left a revolver behind as he hied outta town.

 

[DevilDog72]

I have tipped more than my share at The Bull of the Woods in Red River NM. I went back there last year and some yuppies from Kalifornia ( I think) re-did it... will never go back. Shame.... it was

 

[Dashriprock]

Another vote for the Buckhorn Bar in Laramie.. I was in a number of squabbles in that place. Both before I wore a badge and after I started wearing one.

When my great grandfather John Elmer Krause, WWI vet, ranger up on Jelm, and ultimately UP engineer would take the family lads for their first proper libation as they came of age in Laramie , that's where he'd take them.

"Beer n' a shot for me, beer for the boy."

He passed when I was 11. Sure wished I'd made it to age while he was still around.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

When you put a straight edge on a map-
Or have AAA do a trip map -
Most of these recommendations aren't on a route from Memphis to say Gunnison.
Some are!
Where are you going in W CO?

 

[Dashriprock]

If he was ramrodding one of them Big Boys over the summit, he was the bull of the woods that's for sure.


I can still remember hearing the whistles blowing on those old boys as they headed west out of Cheyenne..

Yes, sir, he were. Those engines were something! If memory serves, and without digging into the family scrapbook, he also did the last Big Boy run to Denver in the late 1950s.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Look for the tiny town of Fairplay on State Highway 9. It's on the other side of Hoosier Pass from Breckenridge, CO.

The last time I rolled through there I was headed S from I 70 to Buena Vista.
It's not a place you are likely to go to unless you roam around, not in a hurry.
You know, like A Pilgrim!

 

[BearBio]

Silver Dollar in Marysville, CA. Was the last "semi-legal" brothel in Cali. Great steaks and, maybe, a tour of the upstairs. Was the favorite "entertainment" center for the Cali legislature (why it was "semi" legal) until 1972.

Across the street is a Chinese Temple and "Joss House"=one of two in the U.S.=only open to the public on special occasions.

 

[BearBio]

OOOPS! Missed the geographic restrictions==try the ORIGINAL No. 10 Saloon in Deadwood==not the one named the "No. 10"!

BTW: Jack McCall was tried at the Masonic Lodge, around the corner, NOT at The Gem Saloon.

 

[TheHobbyist]

Somewhat in line with the post, if you find an honest to goodness bar that has been operating since the late 1800s or early 1900's, keep in mind in many cases the bar itself was shipped overseas from England or the East Coast of the US.

Take pause and think about this a moment. There were no cars, limited rail way. Folks were shipping these bars unassembled over oceans (for England) and then they went on a pack wagon trip to their final destination. I have always been amazed by this and other classic logistics issues...

Old time bars had old time general stores. Can you imagine back then walking into a general store, middle of nowhere, and trying out a Colt SAA???? That would have been such advanced technology. Back to our original scheduled program.

 

[Nightowl]

+1 for the bar at the old Menger Hotel bar next to the Alamo.

Also in downtown San Antonio you can find the Buckhorn Saloon (and museum). It still has some of the furniture and feel from the 1880's. It has been moved several times, including many years at the old Lone Star Brewery. You can walk into the bar and have a drink, but you have to pay admission to see the museum part.

Been there! Spent several hours there. Loved it!

 

[Gamecock]

Can you imagine back then walking into a general store, middle of nowhere, and trying out a Colt SAA???? That would have been such advanced technology.

I did when I was a kid.

The first 19 years of my life in these United States there were no gun stores. None. No LGS. Didn't exist. They are a recent phenomena.

Hardware stores, sporting goods stores, whoever, sold guns. You could even mail order and have them delivered to your home.

Things are NOT better today. There doesn't have to be FFLs. It is a juvenile fabrication. A burden on the citizenry. In a country with 300,000,000 guns, laws CANNOT keep an adult who is not locked up from getting a gun.

 

[joeintexas]

Back in the day the Kentucky Club in Juarez, Mexico was always good for a fun time. Great long wooden bullet ridden bar and full length mirror. Wouldn't go there today though!