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The Palace Restaurant and Saloon is both the oldest business and oldest bar operating in the state of Arizona, United States.Located on historic Whiskey Row in Prescott, the saloon was opened in 1877, and rebuilt in 1901 after a disastrous fire swept the district in 1900.
Roy Bean holding court while sitting on a barrel and holding his law book at his Jersey Lilly Saloon, 1900s The Jersey Lilly Saloon in September 2005 The original owner of the land, who ran a saloon, had sold 640 acres (2.59 km 2 ) to the railroad on the condition that no part of the land could be sold or leased to Bean.
A Jersey Lily by Sir John Everett Millais. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London to large crowds, this 1878 portrait popularised her nickname, the "Jersey Lily". On 9 March 1874, 20-year-old Lillie married 26-year-old Irish landowner Edward Langtry (1847–1897), a widower. He had been married to the late Jane Frances Price. [12]
Roy Bean arrived soon after completion of the railroad, and set up a tent saloon on company land. He later built a wooden structure for his saloon, which he called The Jersey Lilly after the well-known British actress Lillie Langtry. [3] She was a native of the island of Jersey. (Née Le Breton, Langtry was her married name, and she was not ...
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...
A faithful re-creation of "The Jersey Lilly" Judge Roy Bean's Saloon in Langtry, Texas opened in 1947 with casks on each end of the bar disguising Boysenberry Drink fountains. Coin-operated vintage gambling machines were converted to amusements where every pull was a winner and rewarded one souvenir token.
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The old stables were renovated again in the 1970s with the main hall renamed the Lily Langtry Room and the whole building named the Jersey Lilly. [49] In addition, an exact replica of Bean's saloon was built and placed on the brewery grounds for use in Pearl's "Wild West Shows" and as a gift shop.