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Did hotels really have bathtubs upstairs? How did they get filled? More curious, how did they get rid of the used bath water?
Hotels in the West varied widely. Sometimes a man could get a bath at a brothel, but the most common place was the barber shop and for a quarter he could climb into a small tub and a youngster would pour a bucket of hot water from the stove.
For bathrooms, saloons and hotels etc. would have a community head out back. The nicer places would provide chamber pots.
If you booked a room at a better class hotel. It’s likely that it would have an outdoor communal toilet. Same with the bathtub but it would be indoors. Women would be more likely to have a private bathtub. Women required and got a little more privacy. Hotels usually provided a tub where she would take her bath. If it was in some fancy hotel the room might have a large tub. A maid would bring hot water. ‘
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Who were the outlaws who robbed the train at Wilcox, Wyoming in June 2
nd, 1899? That depends on who you ask. One version of the story goes, Harvey Logan, aka Kid Curry, the Sundance Kid, and Flat Nose George Currie decided to rob the Union Pacific at the remote station at Wilcox. I ran this by author-historian Dan Buck and he speaks from experience, “I am from harsh experience, not adamant about who was in on which Old West holdup, especially when all we have are eyewitness accounts, police murmurs, or newspaper reports. all in their own way unreliable. The best evidence is: Killed at the scene; second best, arrested later for passing bank notes from the robbery. In any event, the best evidence for Harvey Logan is that his brother and cousin ended up in possession of Wilcox banknotes. Beyond that, it’s speculative. Make that, complicated and speculative.” Most say there were three train robbers at Wilcox but others say, six including, Lonnie Logan, B
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Life always looks a lot better in hindsight. Movies have cleaned up and sanitized life in the West.
The romance of the West meant many things to many people. It’s a place that lives by its myths and legends. It symbolized hope, freedom and opportunity. It was about open spaces and a pristine land; its mountains that reached up and touched the sky. Colorado alone boasts 53 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation. Those same mountains possessed deposits of gold, silver and copper beyond a Spanish Conquistador’s wildest dreams. It turned out to be the richest treasure trove of natural resources in the history of the civilized world. And for the first time in history the finder got to keep what he found. Earlier, it became the property of a ruler, king or queen.
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When I was a young, still wet behind the ears, historian one of my mentors was Prescott native, Lester “Budge” Ruffner. He was one of the best storytellers I ever met. One of my favorites was about Gail Wingfield’s beef and beverage bistro on the shores of Mormon Lake, a few miles southeast of Flagstaff. Gail the was bartender, chief cook and bottle washer. He cooked steaks that were slightly smaller than the state of Rhode Island. He also kept a well-stocked bar.
One evening he received a telephone call, “Are you the bishop?” said the voice on the other end.