Table of Contents
Preface David Perkins vi
Introduction Sherry Monahan Jane Perkins viii
Chapter 1 Early Trail Blazing: Explorers and Traders 1
Chapter 2 Nuts and Bolts: From Grain to Liquid Gold 21
Chapter 3 The Rush Is On: Pioneers and Settlements 38
Chapter 4 Saloons: The Life, Breath, and Death in a Town 65
Chapter 5 Calls of Eureka and Giddy-Up: The Mining and Cattle Influence 103
Chapter 6 The Iron Horse: How It Connected the West 162
Chapter 7 Fast Forward: Whiskey in the Modern West 193
Chapter 8 Belly Up to the Bar: Cocktails of the West 199
Appendix: Liquor Laws and the Old West 211
Endnotes 220
Index 228
About the Authors 235