​Site of
​Elm Saloon

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Marker Text: ​The Elm Saloon opened about 1883 in a 2-story frame building at this site owned by T.O. Bower. According to an 1884 newspaper story gunfighter Frank James was arrested for his involvement in a fight in the Elm Saloon. By 1892 the saloon, named for a large elm tree near its entrance, was housed in a one-story stone structure. The saloon was located next to McKinney's only railroad passenger depot and by the early 1900s had become a local landmark known variously as the Elm Saloon, Rock Front Saloon, and Old Rock Saloon. The saloon was closed in 1902. (1995)

Marker No: 1465

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 33.183361, -96.619675

Location: 346 East Virginia Street, McKinney