Whiskey Row History

The crazy true story of Prescott's baby on the bar, the complete version of which will eventually be published in the December issue of the highly regarded Wild West History Association Journal. Video produced by Norman Fisk, a Prescott local.

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Correcting some of misinformation about the Palace Saloon given through Wikipedia, the Palace Saloon did not shut its doors during Prohibition. It became the Palace Cafe, and of course the hotel remained a hotel.

In the work-in-progress book Doc Holliday in Prescott (aka Doc Holliday at the Crossroads), the Whiskey Row Historian analyzed the legendary stabbing of Ed Bailey in Fort Griffin, Texas, and superwoman heroics of Kate Elder, the damaging effects it has had on Whiskey Row history. Here is a rough draft excerpt:

"From the 1962 movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance came one of the most quoted lines in Western movie history. The screenplay for this classic Western was written by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck. Of course it is the line spoken by the character Maxwell Scott, a newspaperman played by Carleton Young: “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” It always brings laughter, and everyone loves the sentiment. Everyone except true historians. It has become a veritable thorn in the side to those who go the extra mile and strive for historical accuracy. That’s because, unfortunately, the saying has been taken to heart countless times and applied repeatedly and often. Indeed, it has been used as an excuse, and a reason to laugh the lies of false history. That is, for some it has become a maxim. It is the easy way out.
In the end, the application of “When fiction becomes fact, keep printing the fiction.” In other words print the lie. Couple this with repeating the lie orally, an epidemic of false history is the result. And the lie often winds up in a movie “based on a true story.” In this case, more than once."

Planned book release date, Prescott Frontier Days, Inc. - World's Oldest Rodeo 2027.