Group outside S.P. Saloon, Cuero, Texas, 1910-1915

Photograph shows men posed outside S.P. Saloon at 432 W. Main Street. Signs outside read:''"S.P. Saloon / R. Leske, Prop." and ""The Largest in Town / Free Lunch 10-1A.M."Published in HISTORICAL RECORD: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of Cuero, 1872-1972, Cuero, Texas, 1972, pg. 27. Caption reads:""S.P. Saloon - Later Leske's Bar - The S.P. Saloon came soon after the railroad. It was close to the station, a convenient place to stop and talk while consuming your favorite beverage.".ladies could wait in the family room for their husbands. In 1896 T.S. Williams sold the saloon to Julius Leske. The name was changed to Leske's and is owned and operated by the Leske family. The saloon is still a popular meeting place. Pictured in the 1900's is Rudolph Leske (his arm on post) proprietor.