Stonewall Saloon (Saint Jo, Texas)

About Stonewall Saloon (Saint Jo, Texas)

Stonewall Saloon or The Museum of the Stonewall Saloon is an authentic western saloon located in Saint Jo, Texas. The tavern was named as acknowledgment of Stonewall Jackson as American Civil War exiles appealed for sanctuary in what was termed "Indian country." The saloon was established in 1873 during the eminence of the cattle drive era exemplary of the late nineteenth century Old West.

The saloon served as a rest stop for ranch hands herding livestock on Texas cattle drive trails equivalent to the Chisholm Trail, Shawnee Trail, and Western Trail. The cow poke cantina was a final resting stop before progressing to the northern townships of Red River Station, Texas and Spanish Fort, Texas while preceding the Red River cattle crossing into Indian Territory and the cattle towns of America's northern heartland.

After the saloon closed due to Prohibition, the building housed a restaurant in 1902 and in 1905 became Citizens National Bank. It was later sold and reopened as a non-profit museum.

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1873

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