Goldfield Livery
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Goldfield Livery
Artist
Teresa Zieba
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Back in the 1890′s Goldfield boasted 3 saloons, a boarding house, general store, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat market, a school house and a livery you can see in this image.
To understand what a Livery is, you have to travel back in time to the nineteenth century, back when horses still ruled the roads and the West was still wild. That's far enough for us, although the term goes back at least as far as Medieval England.
In terms of life in the Old West, Liveries were short-term boarding stables that boarded horses belonging to people visiting the town. You can either think of it as a Wild West parking garage or as a hotel for four-legged visitors to town. With the advent of the horseless carriage, the business of short-term boarding declined. Few of the original Liveries are still in operation.
Located in Goldfield Ghost Town, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA.
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October 22nd, 2017
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