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Whiskey Row

WHISKEY ROW 

BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF 
SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS 
MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN 
SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR 
OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR 
12 1/2 [cents] EACH. ON JULY 4,1900 A DISAS- 
TROUS FIRE SWEPT THE ROW AND 
DESTROYED FOUR AND A HALF BLOCKS 
OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. THE ROW 
REBUILT QUICKLY AND STILL SERVES AS 
A FOCAL POINT OF PRESCOTT. 

Submitted by @bthubbard .

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