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The Fort Laramie site was one of a number of so-called "hog ranches" that appeared along trails in Wyoming. [3] Located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from old Fort Laramie, the ranch was established in 1873 by Jules Ecoffey and Adolph Cuny as a trading post and saloon. The next year prostitution was added as a further attraction. [3]
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. 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 ...
The Outlaw Saloon is the largest bar in the U.S. state of Wyoming with an approximate 26,000 square foot. [3] [4] It is renowned for hosting various country music concerts notably during the Cheyenne Frontier Days. [5]
1. Cody, Wyoming. As its name suggests, Cody was founded by "Buffalo Bill" Cody himself. The discovery of oil fields and the founding of nearby Yellowstone National Park have ensured the town has ...
The College Inn Bar is the oldest established business in Douglas, Wyoming and Converse County to survive in its original location. Established in 1906 by Theodore (Llee) Pringle, succeeding an 1887 bar known as "Lee Pringle's."
The residents of Whoop-Up, Wyoming, a nearby railhead town, moved to Tubb Town, expecting it to become a large city. [5] Tubb Town soon gained a reputation for being a very rough place to live; [1] reportedly, the initiation was to buy drinks for everyone at the saloons. [6] Saloons, brothels, and dance halls quickly became abundant in the town ...
For many years, it housed a saloon (during Prohibition, a speakeasy) on its main floor and a brothel in its second story. [1] [5] The committee that planned the first Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1897 met in one of the Tivoli Building's upstairs rooms. [6] The building deteriorated in the 20th century. Its last drinking establishment moved out in ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Wyoming on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]