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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #450 on: August 09, 2015, 09:22:01 PM »

In Pinedale it was lunch time!




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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #451 on: August 09, 2015, 09:22:22 PM »

You can take a FREE ride here!




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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #452 on: August 09, 2015, 09:22:50 PM »

I feel safe in this town!


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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #453 on: August 09, 2015, 09:24:15 PM »

But it was time to hit the trail and head to Jackson, WY!


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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #454 on: August 09, 2015, 09:24:42 PM »

Jackson, WY is a major gateway for riders like me visiting nearby Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and the National Elk Refuge.


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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #455 on: August 09, 2015, 09:25:05 PM »

The town is often erroneously referred to as "Jackson Hole," the valley in which it is located.




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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #456 on: August 09, 2015, 09:25:31 PM »

The large arches of shed elk antlers at the four entrances to the town square are popular attractions.


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« Reply #457 on: August 09, 2015, 09:25:55 PM »

Jackson Hole was originally populated by Native American tribes including the Shoshoni, Crow, Blackfeet, Bannock, and Gros Ventre.




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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #458 on: August 09, 2015, 09:26:26 PM »

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar has a long and colorful history that began in the late 1890's when the first commercial buildings came to Jackson. The site was the location for a Doctors office before being rented to the first bank in Jackson Hole. After the bank was torn down, Joe Ruby erected Ruby's Cafe and Beer Garden.


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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #459 on: August 09, 2015, 09:26:50 PM »

In 1937, Mr. Ben Goe purchased the bar and changed the name to the Cowboy Bar. It was Ben Goe's good fortune that won the bar the first liquor license in the State of Wyoming following the repeal of prohibition.


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« Reply #460 on: August 09, 2015, 09:27:17 PM »

The bar was remodeled to include the knobbled pine which graces the bar to this day. Mr. Goe spent one whole winter cleaning and scraping the pine before it was used for construction. Since the knobbled pine was so well liked by the customers, Ben spent another 14 months transporting more of the wood, for chairs, pillars, walls and ceiling trim. At this time they also built a long fancy bar with silver dollars inlaid in the top.


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« Reply #461 on: August 09, 2015, 09:27:43 PM »

In the mid-1940's, the Cowboy Bar was sold to Preston Parkinson, who is responsible for the present "Million Dollar Cowboy Bar" name. Mr. Parkinson expanded the bar, again using knobbled pine to create distinctive handles, railings and other interior and exterior decorations.


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« Reply #462 on: August 09, 2015, 09:28:05 PM »

In 1953, a gas explosion from the basement caused extensive damage to the bar. Many of the huge pine pillars crumbled, chairs were broken, and nearly all the elaborately decorated basement was destroyed. Mr. Parkinson, a casualty of the explosion, vowed from his hospital bed that he would restore the bar to its original condition. He also added the huge neon sign that still marks the front of the bar on the town square.


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« Reply #463 on: August 09, 2015, 09:28:29 PM »

In 1973 to Ron Schultz, Bud Jensen, and Cliff Poindexter bought the bar and installed the saddle bar stools and a London-made red carpet that bore the symbol and name of the Cowboy Bar.  Saddle up and have a drink!




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Re: 2015 FunFest | Bison, Bears, Booze & Babes!
« Reply #464 on: August 09, 2015, 09:28:57 PM »

Gender Check!  Yup!  It’s a male!


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