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During Denvers wild ride from frontier mining town to twentieth-century metropolis, the citys saloons, like those of many other western frontier towns, played a vital role in the development of the city. Now with a new preface, Tom Noels classic study, The City and the Saloon, is a liquid history of how Denvers bars both shaped and reflected the Mile High citys birth and adolescence.
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Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Denver--History, Denver (Colo.)--History, Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1996
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GT3811.D46N63 1996eb
ddc
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647.95788/83
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Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Denver--History, Denver (Colo.)--History, Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs.
1996 by the University Press of Colorado 1982 by the University of Nebraska Press Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544 (303) 530-5337
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the national Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.481984
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob) The city and the saloon : Denver, 1858-1916 / by Thomas J. Noel p. cm. Originally published : Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1982. With new introd. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87081-426-5 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Bars (Drinking establishments)ColoradoDenverHistory. 2. Denver (Colo.)History. 3. Denver (Colo.)Social life and customs. I. Title GT3811.D46N63 1996 647.95788 ' 83--dc2096-30218 CIP
to Margaret Jacob
Contents
List of Tables and Maps
ix
List of Illustrations
x
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
1. Confluence
1
2. The Multifunctional Frontier Saloon
11
3. Saloon Society
21
4. Saloon Politics
33
5. "The Cheapest and Easiest Way to Become an Influential Man"
41
6. The Immigrant Saloon
53
7. Moral Geography
67
8. Syndicates and the Seamy Side
79
9. Bars and Bosses
95
10. Shutting the Saloon Door
111
Notes
118
Bibliography
133
Index
145
Page ix
Tables
Table
1. Changing Occupational Status of Denver Saloonkeepers, 1858-85
42
2. Birthplace of Denver Saloonkeepers in 1860, 1880, and 1900
45
3. Persistence and Average Number of Jobs Held among Denver Saloonkeepers
51
4. Saloonkeeper Persistence by Decade, 1860-1940
51
5. Numerical Comparison of Selected Denver Institutions, 1859-1920
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