The Sightliners: Live at The Old Saloon
Sat, May 15
|Emigrant
THE OLD SALOON: Serving outlaws & cowgirls since 1902. Live music all summer long. Good food, booze, and great stories year-round.The Sightliner's will play a full band show at The Old Saloon in Emigrant. Weather permitting, will play outdoors on the main stage. Otherwise we will party on indoors!
Time & Location
May 15, 2021, 8:00 PM – May 16, 2021, 11:00 PM
Emigrant, Emigrant, MT, USA
About the Event
The Old Saloon first opened in 1902 to service the rail line passing through the Paradise Valley en route to Yellowstone National Park. Emigrant was the halfway point on the journey from Livingston to Yellowstone and with the depot located directly in front of the Old Saloon, it became the perfect pit stop for the wary traveler. The rail was also used for agricultural and mining transportation. This brought cowboys, miners, and tourists all to the bar at the Old Saloon – a tradition that continues today.
The Saloon burned down and was quickly rebuilt in 1907 by Abe Armstrong. The back bar is the original bar Abe purchased in St. Louis and had hauled by steamboat up the Missouri. That original bar still serves its original purpose over 100 years later. Prohibition would close the Old Saloon in 1920, and it would not open again until 1962 by Abe’s son, Elmer.…