A Silent Stand in Salado: How Women Closed the Town’s Only Saloon | Weird Wild West
In 1882, Salado’s women employed a unique protest to close the town’s only saloon, using knitting, patience and presence to uphold community morals. SALADO, Texas — Long before protests had hashtags or boycotts went viral, a group of determined women in Salado shut down the town’s only saloon using nothing more than knitting needles, patience … Read more