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This is the sad life of a Wild West saloon girl

Saloon girls were some of the most visible women in Wild West towns, but their lives were far from glamorous. Many worked long hours dancing, serving drinks, and entertaining customers in rough ...
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 ...
Oregon Department of Forestry officials met this week at an iconic western saloon, where speakers addressed wildfire funding while standing in front of artwork depicting nude women. The decision to ...
Split image: Left, old photo of men outside “Man at the Wheel Saloon,” one man on the roof steering a ship’s wheel. Right, several serious women pose under a sign reading, “Lips that touch liquor ...