Hoist a Cold One!: Historic Bars of the Southwest

Throwing a few drinks back at the bar is a timeless tale of humanity. In the American...
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Author: Melody Groves
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Hoist a Cold One!: Historic Bars of the Southwest by Groves, Melody

Hoist a Cold One!: Historic Bars of the Southwest

$50.73

Hoist a Cold One!: Historic Bars of the Southwest

$50.73
Author: Melody Groves
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Throwing a few drinks back at the bar is a timeless tale of humanity. In the American Old West, this tale played out in ramshackle huts and stylish establishments alike in some of the most unforgiving terrain imaginable. While the legendary Crystal Palace in Tombstone, Arizona, had little in common with the tent cities that sprang up in Leadville, Colorado, and Silver City, New Mexico, one common feature was the bars--constructed of planks of mahogany, cherrywood, or rosewood. These bars were often hauled across hundreds of miles of rugged terrain to arrive in various cities, where they would support the elbows, chins, and drinks of those who sought to quench their thirst.

From the Grand Hotel in Bisbee to Rosa's Cantina in El Paso, Myke and Melody Groves tell the story of the front and back bars of twenty-five establishments in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado through a combination of historic background and photographs. This lively travelogue, complete with driving directions, will inspire visitors to the West's old mining camps, railroad towns, and ranching centers to stop in and belly up to the bar.



Author: Melody Groves
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 06/15/2011
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 7.95h x 10.05w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780826346681


Award: New Mexico Book Awards - Winner

About the Author
Groves, Myke: - Myke Groves, freelance filmmaker and avid motorcyclist, has had his photos featured in regional publications such as New Mexico Magazine and True West.Groves, Melody: - Melody Groves, author of four novels set in the 1860s Southwest, also wrote Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide: All About Rodeo (UNM Press). A New Mexico gunfighter, she reenacts shoot-outs in Albuquerque's Old Town.

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