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Description

1. 143 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. Some of the oldest, most notorious saloons in the American West lined the streets of Prescotts Whiskey Row. Dating back to 1864, the remote mountain town thrived on its mining and cattle industries during the day and raised hell at night when dusty outlaws and pioneers like Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday crowded Row saloons to quench their thirsts. Whiskey Row bore witness to legendary gunfights, murders and other curious tales, like that of Baby Bell, aka Chance Cobweb Hall, known today as Arizonas most famous saloon story. From crooked gambling operations and barroom brawls to the devastating fire of 1900, author and historian Bradley G. Courtney explores the colorful stories of Whiskey Row.

Subject

1. 1800-1899
2. Bars (Drinking establishments) > Arizona > Prescott > History > 19th century
3. Bars (Drinking establishments)
4. Prescott (Ariz.) > History > 19th century
5. Arizona > Prescott

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 1 Prelude to the Birth of Whiskey Row 9 -- 2 Real Quartz Rock and the Diana Saloon: Mothers of Whiskey Row 20 -- 3 Law and Order, and Lawlessness, Along the Emergent Whiskey Row 35 -- 4 "Cabinet": The Heartbeat of Early Whiskey Row 43 -- 5 Montezuma, Jackson & Tompkins' and Keystone Saloons: Contributors to Whiskey Row's Growing Notoriety 53 -- 6 Early Beer Breweries of Whiskey Row: A Short History 67 -- 7 Whiskey Row's Embellishment Wars and the James Dodson Era 80 -- 8 Ellis and Whitney's Palace Saloon and the Whiskey Row Eire of 1883 91 -- 9 Whiskey Row of Montezuma Street Takes Shape 98 -- 10 Arizona's Most Famous Saloon Story: The Legend of Chance Cobweb Hall and the True Story of Violet "Baby Bell" Hicks 114 -- 11 Buckey O'Neill, the Rough Riders and Whiskey Row 126 -- 12 Prelude to the Death of Whiskey Row 133.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142).