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Hyman's Block, Harrison Avenue Leadville, CO.
John Holliday roomed at
316 Harrison Avenue, above Hyman's Saloon. This would be the top
left window in the photograph. The Hyman Block was originally split
into Warfield's cigar store at 314, with a gambling room behind and the saloon at
316. Access to the gambling room was through the saloon. It
would have had two separate doors, rather than the one central door as at
present. The white door on the right gives access to the living
quarters above.
This pressed tin-plate ceiling has been cleaned, but is original to the
Hyman's building.
The Monarch Saloon, 320 Harrison Avenue.
John Holliday had a job here, dealing Faro for Cy Allen
Directly across the street from Hyman's, the Silver Dollar was known as The Board of Trade in John's day.
John would have frequently been seen here, on the player's side of the table playing stud poker. He developed a friendship with the owners, John Morgan and Col. Samuel Houston.
The latter gentlemen put up John's $5,000 bail after the shooting of
Billy Allen on 19th August 1884. For more information and photos about
John Holliday in Leadville visit our gallery
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