Kahn Saloon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
N 32° 45.366 W 094° 20.702
15S E 374003 N 3625048
This is where Marion Try Slaughter launched his career as country music singer Vernon Dalhart. It closed in 1907, when the county became dry.
Waymark Code: WM141D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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Marker Number: 8061

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Built during the early 1860s, this structure served as a boarding house and as a mercantile before opening as the Kahn Saloon about 1900. Temperance movement leader Carrie Nation was denied entrance here during one of her campaigns through Texas. Jefferson native Marion Try Slaughter launched his career as country music singer Vernon Dalhart at the Kahn Saloon. The popular gathering place was closed after local prohibitionists won a 1907 election. Since that time, the building has been used for a variety of purposes, including a newspaper office, lodge building, furniture store, and funeral home.
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