Hanging out in a Saloon

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Interior of the Miner's Exchange Saloon

The Miner's Exchange Saloon is home to a Novelty Carom Billiards table that came to SPC in the 1875. It was purchased by John Morris, former husband of Esther Hobart Morris, the first female judge in the United States, and was originally housed in his saloon, 

I worked in the archives this morning, tracking down newspaper articles on Dr. Walter Lovejoy, a doctor and teacher in SPC during the 1880s and 1890s. 

At noon, I opened the Miner's Exchange Saloon to allow visits to come in and look around and to sell Sarsaparilla. The first group to come by was, five people, was from Texas. We had a pretty long conversation about old west saloons and contemporary Texas saloons.

Not much happened until later in the afternoon. There was a large group panning gold for an hour or more, and eventually two or three would wander up to the saloon, take a quick look, and move on.

Altogether, about 16 people came by and sold i sold eight bottles of Sarsaparilla in the four hours I was there. A pretty slow afternoon. 

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