THE MUSEUM IS GETTING A NEW BARTENDER!!!!!!

This is Pancho, the current bartender who has been on duty since 1963 when the museum opened. No one knows who brought him to the saloon and put him behind the bar. We are trying to find out the skinny on that.
He has served faithfully with never a day off.
He wears a Santa hat at Christmas time.
If you look closely you can see that he has had a few fingers "shot off" by some skunk of a gunslinger.
They have been painting and fixing up the saloon and just a few days ago a worker was moving Pancho and "got the finger"...meaning Pancho lost another finger.

Debbie has ordered a new bartender from a mannequin company that specializes in old type folks.
If you need one of George Washington this company is the place to go.
I saw a phot of the new guy today...he's white, not hispanic but is quite the handsome devil.
We know that Pancho is tired but hope he won't be jealous.

Anyways, there will be a retirement party for Pancho.
There has been some talk of surprising him with a gold pocketwatch.
I proposed that the old bartender and the new bartender hang out for awhile to get the new guy trained properly.
Then of course we'll have to give the new guy a name.
Suggestions are most welcome.

But fear not...Pancho will not be relegated to some dusty old closet or storage room.
He's going upstairs in the museum to a room that is currently being created for the Golden Girls.
Cool! He gets to live with all the pretty girls from past rodeo pageants!!!!

I was looking at a newspaper today dated April 1929...searching for an obit, when I stopped to read a little article about the seasonal opening of the local "swimming hole".
It said: "There was a good sized group waiting to refresh themselves. The ribbon was cut, the swimming hole declared open and with a shout of 'Last one is a Nigger baby!' everyone jumped in."
Jeez....times have changed thank goodness....how tacky.

In case you didn't know:
The museum website is www.westofthepecosmuseum.com
Check it out.
It says:
The #11 saloon was built in 1896 of red sandstone by R.S. Johnson, a former Texas Ranger.
In 1904 the 3 story Orient Hotel was built of concrete blocks that were formed by hand operated machines. (I'd like to have seen them making those.)
The hotel was in use until the 1950's and in 1963 the museum was opened.

One of T.B. Pruett's son in law's worked at the hotel and of course Mrs. Weatherby and her sister ran the dining room in the late 1930's for a few years. Then Mrs. Weatherby married the man who owned the hotel in the 1950's...and maybe the 40's. His name was William Courtney. They didn't stay married long and got divorced. I have had a very difficult time finding out much about Mr. Courtney in my research. Ol' Mrs. Weatherby bought our house in 1958.

We are going to bust into that hidden space upstairs today...stand by.

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1938 Ford body-$300.
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Real cowhorns $5. ( gee, they were $10....then $9...and now $5. Anyone wants the cowhorns? Anyone?)
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That's all for now folks.
Love, Mary