Interesting article in one of the UK papers: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ry-photos-reveal-world-Wild-West-saloons.html Quote: The saloons of the Wild West conjure up images of gunfights, heavy drinking and dangerous outlaws. And these astonishing photographs prove that the Old West watering holes really did live up o their notorious historical reputation. The pictures, taken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in states from Montana to Texas, show what life was like inside the bars and taverns. The saloons, which were were particular to the Wild West, were often the first establishments to open in frontier towns. Cowboys, miners, fur trappers and gamblers would all flock to them.
