Looking Back : Swink's Gambling Hall
Looking Back : Schwenk's Gambling Hall
- Raton, New Mexico Raton Range December 8, 1978
- 1 p Newspaper Article
- Raton Range 12/8/1978 Looking Back Series .
Mater List Item # 11
File location is in the New Mexico File Cabinets
Newspaper article and photograph of Swink's gambling Hall
Article reads : This one-story adobe building had a fascinating history in its various incarnation. Built as a brewery, it was soon converted into Schwenk's Gambling Hall, one of the largest gaming Places in the state at the time. Later it was used as a dance hall and it witnessed a number of fights and murders. By the 30s, when this picture was probable made, it was a placid service station. This old photo was loaned to the Range's :Looking Back" series by Victor Grant of Cimarron.
Buildings
Gambling Halls--Cimarron, NM
Dance Halls--Cimarron, NM
Service Stations--Cimarron, NM
Fights History
Murder History
Cimarron, New Mexico
New Mexico - Cities and Towns - Cimarron 36
Mater List Item # 11
File location is in the New Mexico File Cabinets
Newspaper article and photograph of Swink's gambling Hall
Article reads : This one-story adobe building had a fascinating history in its various incarnation. Built as a brewery, it was soon converted into Schwenk's Gambling Hall, one of the largest gaming Places in the state at the time. Later it was used as a dance hall and it witnessed a number of fights and murders. By the 30s, when this picture was probable made, it was a placid service station. This old photo was loaned to the Range's :Looking Back" series by Victor Grant of Cimarron.
Buildings
Gambling Halls--Cimarron, NM
Dance Halls--Cimarron, NM
Service Stations--Cimarron, NM
Fights History
Murder History
Cimarron, New Mexico
New Mexico - Cities and Towns - Cimarron 36