Site of Elm Saloon
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txoilgas
N 33° 11.872 W 096° 36.676
14S E 722672 N 3675765
Located along side a row of empty buildings.
Waymark Code: WM7WQ9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2009
Views: 12
Marker Number: 1465
Marker Text:
The Elm Saloon opened about 1883 in a 2-story frame building at this site owned by T.O. Bower. According to an 1884 newspaper story gunfighter Frank James was arrested for his involvement in a fight in the Elm Saloon. By 1892 the saloon, named for a large elm tree near its entrance, was housed in a one-story stone structure. The saloon was located next to McKinney's only railroad passenger depot and by the early 1900s had become a local landmark known variously as the Elm Saloon, Rock Front Saloon, and Old Rock Saloon. The saloon was closed in 1902.** Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995***
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