Why would an Old West saloon have white towels on the front of the bar? Chuck Terry, Columbus, Ohio Bartenders hung towels on the bar so that imbibers could wipe the beer foam off their mouths. They were “community towels.” You can imagine how easily drinking buddies shared afflictions, such as colds, the flu or tuberculosis. Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. . His latest book is Arizona's Outlaws and Lawmen; His


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