What saloons were really like in the Wild West

Many of us have a deeply embedded idea of what the inside of a typical Wild West saloon looked like.

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What Were Wild West Saloons Really Like?

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M any of us have a deeply embedded idea of what the inside of a typical Wild West saloon looked like. Of course, Hollywood is notorious for playing up dramatic elements over an adherence to historical accuracy, so how valid is our conception of the Old West watering hole?

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