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, miners and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill. The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers.By 1880, the growth of saloons was in full swing. In Leavenworth, Kansas, there were about 150 saloons and four wholesale liquor houses. Some saloons in the Old West were little more than gambling houses, brothels, and opium dens.
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