This video breaks down what Wild West saloons were actually like, far from the exaggerated Hollywood version. Early saloons ...

A wrought-iron gate at a house on a quiet suburban street in Folsom stands as a portal to the California Gold Rush era. Walk through it, and you’re transported straight to a scene out of the Old West: ...

Split image: Left, old photo of men outside “Man at the Wheel Saloon,” one man on the roof steering a ship’s wheel. Right, several serious women pose under a sign reading, “Lips that touch liquor ...

The activities that took place at saloons were emblematic of the American West itself; just as settlers gambled everything to embark into the unknown, saloon patrons could bet their earnings on a ...