The City and the Saloon Denver, 1858-1916 [Paperback]

During Denver's wild ride from frontier mining town to twentieth-century metropolis, the city's saloons, like those of many other western frontier towns, played a vital role in the development of the city. Now with a new preface, Tom Noel's classic study,The City and the Saloon,is a liquid history of how Denver's bars both shaped and reflected the Mile High City's birth and adolescence.

During Denver's wild ride from frontier mining town to twentieth-century metropolis, the city's saloons, like those of many other western frontier towns, played a vital role in the development of the city. Now with a new preface, Tom Noel's classic study,The City and the Saloon,is a liquid history of how Denver's bars both shaped and reflected the Mile High City's birth and adolescence.

Thomas J. Noel, also known as Dr. Colorado , teaches history at the University of Colorado at Denver where he is the director of Public History, Preservation & Colorado Studies, and is a columnist for the Denver Post. He has served as a Denver Landmark Commissioner and chair during the 1970s and 1980s and is a National Register Reviewer for Colorado. He is the author or coauthor of forty-one books on Colorado.