Most images of an Old West saloon are barroom brawls and gunfire, with scantily clad “soiled doves” hanging around. Not according to archeologist and historian Homer Thiel, who has extensively ...
Before Prohibition dried up the taps and made everyone grouchy, saloons were the social heartbeat of towns big and small. These vintage photos capture the rustic charm of these smoky, booze-filled ...
SALADO, Texas — Long before protests had hashtags or boycotts went viral, a group of determined women in Salado shut down the town’s only saloon using nothing more than knitting needles, patience and ...