Western saloon
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A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill". The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers.
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900
Temperance illustration of drunkard hitting his wife
Gambling at the Orient Saloon in Bisbee, Arizona, c.1900. Photograph by C.S. Fly.
The 1885 Beer Bottle Sidewalk in front of Jim Cotton's Saloon on Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona
Phil Coe
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Philio Houston "Phil" Coe, was a soldier, Old West gambler, and businessman from Texas. He became the business partner of gunfighter Ben Thompson in Abilene, Kansas, with whom opened the Bull's Head Saloon. He was killed by marshal Wild Bill Hickok in a street brawl.
