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 ...

Long before neon signs and mixology menus, Western saloons were the social engine of frontier towns. Miners, ranchers, and outlaws crowded shoulder-to-shoulder for cheap whiskey, dusty poker tables, ...

Hollywood gave us a version of the Old West filled with shootouts and saloons, yet the real frontier was far more complex and ...

A wrought-iron gate at a house on a quiet suburban street in Folsom stands as a portal to the California Gold Rush era. Walk through it, and you’re transported straight to a scene out of the Old West: ...

For the first time in a long time, visitors can sidle up to the bar, throw back a shot of whiskey, and maybe even watch a gunfight break out in Shaniko. Yes, Oregon’s most famous ghost town now has an ...