Ray Vertovec, a longtime livestock farmer turned tavern owner, and his wife, Cheryl, enjoy the ambience at the bar at Eiler's Place, a popular watering hole in the Pueblo, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.

Ray Vertovec, a longtime livestock farmer turned tavern owner, stands at the bar at Eiler's Place, a popular watering hole in the Pueblo, Colorado, neighborhood Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:0

Owners Carl and Diane Strode (and two old-time pals) at the distinctive White Wolf Saloon in Douglas, site of the annual Wyoming State Fair Physical description:. Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Arch

At the distinctive White Wolf Saloon in Douglas, site of the annual Wyoming State Fair Physical description:. Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; The bar's owners, Diane and Carl Strode, who ha

Gus's Place, a blue-collar neighborhood tavern in Pueblo, Colorado, that features "Dutch lunches," an assortment of cold cuts and condiments Physical description:. Notes: The building, completed in 1905, was a favorite hangout of steelworkers in the heyday of

The local "barkeep" (bartender), portrayed by historic re-enactor Dave Johnston at the 19th Century mining camp of South Park City, now depicted at an authentic collection of 40 original buildings at the South Park City Museum in Fairplay, Colorado Physical description

Two customers, Sol Machado (left) and Juan Javamillo, of El Paso, Texas, have a laugh in some unusual barstools at Lil' Red's Saloon in the Stockyards neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas Physical description:. Notes: Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/P

Historic reenactor Dave Johnston (as the town bartender and possibly its drunk) at South Park City Museum, a collection of historic buildings in Fairplay, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: The museum, in Park County's "high country," is a faithful recons

Customers and friends Stacey Poppinga, Brian Harding, Sherry and Craig Dumwright, Darin Houston, David Young, and Sandy Lange (left to right), hang out with a couple of old-West friends at the distinctive White Wolf Saloon in Douglas, site of the annual Wyoming State Fair Physical description: 1 pho