Cold Beer and Whiskey

by Janice Pariza

Title

Cold Beer and Whiskey

Artist

Janice Pariza

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

A shot taken outside a restored 1864 wild West saloon at The Museum of the Wild West in Montrose, Colorado.
Photographed at The museum of the Mountain West.
Richard E. Fike founded the
MMW in 1997. He is a retired
historical archaeologist having
served as state archaeologist for the
Bureau of Land Management in both
Utah and Colorado. Fike served on
committees in both Utah and
Colorado for the Federal & State
Register of Historic Places and is an
expert in historical restoration. Fike
began collecting western
memorabilia when he was 4 years
old. He had his first museum in his
parent's guest room at the age of 8
and by 12 years of age he had
begun his card catalog of artifacts.
Fike is the author of many historical
books and articles and is considered
an expert in historical medicinal
bottles. The Bottle Book: A
Comprehensive Guide to
Historic Embossed Medicine
Bottles was revised and published
by Blackburn Press in 2006,
originally published in 1987.

Currently Rich Fike is the President
of the MMW Board of Directors and
contributes his expertise as museum
director and historical preservationist.

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November 25th, 2013

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