White Oaks - No Scum Allowed Saloon
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
White Oaks - No Scum Allowed Saloon
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
Description
The No Scum Allowed Saloon stands alone in a sparsely populated area of town. Known to the locals only as the White Oaks Bar, its business name, No Scum Allowed, comes from a sign," We will not tolerate scum." in the movie Young Guns II, loosely based on Billy the Kid's life after the Lincoln County wars.
Today White Oaks, New Mexico, is a ghost town, but it was once the second-largest and liveliest town in New Mexico Territory. The favorite haunt of Billy the Kid and Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett, who liked to hang out in the saloons and gambling parlors filled with gold mine roughnecks and prostitutes.
The bar is located in a tiny brick building dating from 1884, the ghost towns Wild West days, and was originally an attorney's office, a print shop for one of the local newspapers, and the assayer's office. The bar opened in the 1970s with its historical allure attracting a diverse clientele. American Cowboy Magazine has recognized it as one of the Best Cowboy Bars in the West.
Copyright 2022 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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February 15th, 2022
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