![]() The King of Horz explains the rich history of their city and its implications on his execution. His crime? Strangers are not allowed into Horz and John Carter has clearly violated their law. John Carter follows Pan Dan Chee into the city of Horz and is captured and sentenced to death by the men of the city. While reminiscing on Barsoom and his experiences there, he discovers and rescues Pan Dan Chee from an army of Tharks. The story opens with John Carter cruising in a space flier over the Martian terrain. The story has a more humorous tone than earlier entries in the Barsoom series, and is considered to be an example of Edgar Rice Burroughs engaging in self-parody late in his career. Loosely based on a chapter from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Llana of Gathol, (the tenth novel in his famous Barsoom series), "The Ancient Dead," originally "The City of Mummies," was the last to be published during Burroughs' lifetime. Reach him at or follow him on Twitter at in All Stories Tagged arizona, bar, bars, bisbee, Crystal Palace Saloon, Drift Inn, Oldest Bars in Arizona, Prescott, Saloon, St."When Walk the Ancient Dead." After rescuing Pan Dan Chee from an army of Tharks, Carter finds himself surrounded by living ancients. Malcolm Fuller is a reporter at Arizona Sonora News, a service from the University of Arizona. The Buffet is known for heating hot dogs in a coffee pot and serving pickled eggs as bar food. 1, 1934, just after the repeal of prohibition. Located in Tucson’s historic Ironhorse neighborhood, The Buffet sits just as tall as it did when it opened on Nov. ![]() Tucson’s oldest bar, The Buffet, opened in 1934 (Courtesy, The Buffet) It also shared ghost stories with neighboring Bisbee hotels and restaurants. Elmo Bar had a brothel upstairs and the bar downstairs. Elmo Bar in Bisbee opened in 1902 and is the longest, continuously operating bar in the state. The Drift Inn Saloon is most famous for its Bloody Marys, but they still “have your bourbon, your whiskey, all the drinks. Loy has been going to the Drift Inn since she was 19, and has been working there for about 20 years. “The ghosts, they were either customers or workers here,” said Barbara Loy, a bartender. The saloon has a reputation as being haunted including by an old man and a girl who occupies the space that used to be a brothel. The only thing that has changed has been the name. The Drift Inn Saloon opened in 1902 and has remained open since. The Drift Inn Saloon when it first opened back in the early 1900s (Courtesy, The Drift Inn Saloon) It was quickly rebuilt and renamed The Crystal Palace Saloon. The Golden Eagle escaped relatively unscathed but wasn’t so lucky the following year when another fire swept through and completely destroyed the bar. Two years later, the bar was damaged in the July 22, 1881, fire that blazed through much of the Old West town. The Crystal Palace Saloon opened in 1879 as the Golden Eagle Brewing Company, one of Tombstone’s first saloons. O’Neil, a captain in the Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, died in battle. President Theodore Roosevelt stopped in in 1907 when he was in Prescott commissioning the Bucky O’Neil statue. ![]() “It took a lot to get the kitchen back to how it was,” she said.Īmong the historic footnotes and notable residents: Doc Holliday took up residence at the saloon in the late 1870s after going on a poker winning streak. The only other major remodel was in 1996, said the office manager Hillary Joyner. ![]() When The Palace was remodeled after the fire, they resurrected the bar, which is still in use today. Patrons carried the original 1880s Brunswick bar top to safety in a nearby plaza. On July 14, 1900, the bar caught fire in the famous Whiskey Row blaze. Mineral claims could be brought in and sold over the bar, according to the website. ![]() When its doors opened in September 1877, The Palace Restaurant & Saloon was much more than just a “watering hole.” It served as election central for several local political races and the place where men gathered to check for job notices. Photo courtesy of The Palace Restaurant & Saloon. In 1880, The Palace was destroyed by the Whiskey Row fire, but patrons saved the original Brunswick Bar by carrying it out. But every crack, splinter and nail tells a story in these Arizona landmarks. Some of those bars have been rebuilt after fires while others stand as straight as they did when they were first built. From Tombstone to Jerome, Arizona has bars and saloons that predate statehood and beyond. As the oldest bar in the city, it’s still clinging to its reputation as a UA hangout.īut The Buffet’s 80 years makes it a teenager alongside the state’s granddaddy of historic bars, Prescott’s Palace Restaurant & Saloon. Tucson’s legendary Buffet Bar will celebrate its 80 th anniversary on Nov. ![]()
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