Show November un-na- 1 1 I 998 ravel aianoara-txarruric- f Bringing back the Old West If Getting there: Prescott is 75 miles north of Phoenix about a drive from there if you aren't in a hurry Take Interstate 1 7 north from Phoenix and turn east at State Route 69 at Cordes Junction about 50 miles north of Phoenix Head for the Saloons on Whiskey Row in Prescott Ariz carry lots of history By MICHELLE RUSHLO Te Press Associated you go Anz - Stop courthouse square downtown Tour: The Chamber of Commerce 1 1 7 W Goodwin St r tours of the offers free courthouse plaza on Mondays and Fridays at 10 am through September PRESCOTT watering Row days and you're more likely to see tourists with hip packs than the drunken carousers and gunslingers who gave this area its delightfully seamy reputation But look and listen closely and the Old West radiates from the old wood the brass rails and the occasional you'll see in the live historic bars that remain along Prescott's courthouse square Some of the stories are true some legend None are boring At the Palace saloon you'll hear about the night of July 14 n fire 1900 when a threatened Whiskey Row According to newspaper accounts patrons decided the Palace's grand wooden bar was too precious to lose so they took it apart and ran the pieces to a one-hou- EXAMINER STANDARD O " old-tim- tbttHKORi G O I UTAH I7 PASSPORT fvliroOQKi Your Guide to Tickets Travel &Entertainment n n wind-drive- safe place lanumimB- Good thing they did The Palace burned that night along w ith the rest of Whiskey Row but today you can belly up to the bar Some stories seem too good to be true but are such as the night in 1989 when Bruce Springsteen n rode his into tow n and held an impromptu jam session with the house band at Matt's Saloon Two years later fellow rocker Jon Bon Jovi followed suit stopping at Matt's during a motorcycle trip and also jamming with the band Historian Melissa Ruffner author of "Prescott: A Pictorial History" says one story that seems based in fact is folks at one tavern rolling the dice in the 870s to claim an abandoned baby The child later was named Chance Cobweb Hall after the tavern where the baby was left CRUISES: MAYA EQUINOX 2 UP HISTORY: (Above) Dave Michelson poses in the entrance of his Palace Saloon in Prescott Ariz Michelson and his employees dress in western attire to add to the Old West atmosphere of Whiskey Row (Above right) This 1 903 photo shows a delivery wagon making its way down Montezuma Street which still supports five historic bars DRINKING are gone as are the card tables But behind the swinging doors places like the Palace look almost exactly as they did w hen they reopened after the fire of Harley-Davidso- 1900 d Tourists are to turn down the chance to raise a glass with the ghosts of the past “Where I live people think this is all myth - out of the movies” said Bill Murray of Ontario Canada as he sipped a cold beer at the Palace "Just to sit in this place you feel the history I can't get over how much they've been able to preserve it It's unbelievable" At the Palace which first opened in 1877 whiskey and beer once sold for 12 12 cents Michelson said During Prohibition customers would in the drink at the speak-eas- y basement while waiting for their turn in the bordello upstairs Like the Palace most of the original buildings along the courthouse plaza were wood-fram- e structures before the fire The blaze burned through five blocks in just four hours It took a back bum started by a dynamite explosion to stop it Some business owners gave up but most rebuilt By 1901 Whiskey Row which is officially named Montezuma Street was reborn as the brick and cement hard-presse- Swarming with scoundrels Whiskey Row has long been a magnet for bad guys and wannabe bad boys dating back to the days when Prescott hummed as a center for mining ranching and timber in the growing Arizona territory Whiskey Row was where many a colorful character went to let off steam "This is the true West" said Dave Michelson owner of the Palace "Disneyland spends millions of dollars trying to recreate Frontier Land but this is the real thing” Today five bars are left on Whiskey Row The saloon girls Ranch “The majority of our programs will be focused on the Reagan era and how he changed the world” Short said A Si to SI capital drive to From 1 E ranch of the house: the aluminum motel-lik- e windows (the bulletproof glass was removed after Reagan left the White House) the faux red brick linoleum floor throughout the Harvest Gold refrigerator There's even a Liberty Bell shower head in the bathroom It's a far cry from the Blue Room and certainly lacks the elegance of other famed presidential retreats such as Kennebunkport San Clemente or Hyannis Port But it's cozy and easy to understand why the Reagans cherished escaping there for 25 years “He lived just like we did That's why he was the Great Communicator" Short said 1 A i3iim - Nancy Reagan hauled many items out of the basement of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley some 80 miles from the ranch and spent about three hours with kristen making sure each item was exactly placed as it was “Everything has been checked over by Mrs Reagan If something was out of place she moved it back to its original spot" Kristen Short said "She came up here about a week after settlement She hopped out in her jeans and tennis shoes and quickly went right to work with Kristen" Short said "It was emotional She was emotional when she left I think in a lot of w ays it was a conservative shrine The Young America's Foundation plans to use the ranch for leadership seminars to steep young people in Reagan philosophies A conference center will be built nearby and students will likely make day and weekend trips to the ranch even riding the seven miles of horse trails March off NAUVOO Si Quarters rest of Whiskey Row The hotel was promptly rebuilt after the 1900 fire into a three-stor- y k building complete with gargoy les According to hotel legend Beckley said the architects wanted to add a fourth floor but were turned down by the city council and the gargoy les wound up modeled after the councilmen Like many Whiskey Row legends there's an alternate version of the gargoy le story Lucy Geib a tour coordinator for the Prescott Chamber of Commerce said another story has the gargoyles resembling a group of hecklers who made fun of the builders throughout the project No one in Prescott had seen a three-storbuilding and the hecklers doubted the St Michael would stay up n 11-- 16 Thanksgiving Weekend Far May be combined with Branson tour 1 scr 16-2- ' ROSE PARADE San Diego Los Angeles Mesquite 2 Reserved Parade seats Dec 26-J-an 1 27-J- an f rocstt s BRANSON CHRISTMAS Seven celebrity Christmas Shows Silver Dollar City Eureka Springs Precious Moments Nov 2 Airfare OUND-TRI- P m FLY TOUR: Dec WIN Airfare Specials ‘Must depart November 23 ONLY ‘Return November 26 or 27 ONLY Winter os iran n s® a TIE EC n t jjt i:n s II sm r u bj Hffi: i ' ! 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