Leadville Colorado

Comment by patrick mark pazen on October 5, 2011 at 4:08pm

Sorry didnt get captions in but havent mastered the computer as well as i would like to. The picture of the door is the one at 316 Harrison ST. and the one to left is the actual building. this is where Doc Holliday worked, lived and shot his last man. What intregued me about the door is it the original door or?

Comment by anthony martin on October 5, 2011 at 5:48pm

  Patrick,

    Unfortunately Hyman's Saloon has had a really bad face lift since he owned it and that door is much later.The original facade was extensively glazed originally with a large plate glass window to the left and two pairs of double doors to the right.Gary Robert's DOC HOLLIDAY A great read by the way- has an 1880's photo of the building.If you check out the website oldpokerchips.com they have this photo on site as well as cigar box art for Anona cigars,his own brand.If I was to interpret the double double doors I'd say that one pair led directly into the saloon and the other set into a seperate smoker's cabinet room which was pretty common in 19th century saloons.That way women and some men who wouldn't be caught dead in a saloon could avail themselves of the tobacco room.

Comment by patrick mark pazen on October 5, 2011 at 6:37pm

thanks for the info Anthony its great to relive the history

Comment by anthony martin on October 5, 2011 at 11:00pm

  Patrick,

   I haven't been back there for some years now.It's nice to see more recent photos and some fresh sprucing and paint on some of the buildings.Thanks for sharing these photos.

Comment by patrick mark pazen on October 6, 2011 at 8:07am

Your welcome Anthony, I enjoy going to the old town, it has a personallity all of its own, Glad they dont rely on the mine as much and have the attitude the town will always be there

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