Law West of the Pecos

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

I have in front of me a photograph of "Judge" Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas.

There are five signs on the front of the saloon:

     JUDGE ROY BEAN   NOTARY PUBLIC

     LAW WEST OF THE PECOS

     JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

     THE JERSEY LILLY

     ICE BEER

The "Law West of the Pecos" sign is the most prominent.

source:  James D. Horan and Paul Sann _Pictorial History of the Wild West_ New York: Crown Publishers, 1954, no ISBN, page 139.  The Picture Credits on page 247 state that the photograph is from "Rose, N. H. Collection of Frontier Photographs".  Unfortunately neither page 139 nor page 247 gives a date for the photograph.

            James A. Landau
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