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Houston Gay Bar History & Matchbooks

Houston Bars, Baths, Etc - 1974
Houston Bars - 1964

Galveston Gay Bars & 360° Photos
Galveston Bars, Through the Years

Individual Bars

Bacchus & Bacchus II
Badlands / Truckstop
Baja Sam's, Rooster's, Mothers
The Briar Patch
Barn, Pacific St, Blur & the bars of 710 Pacific
Brazos River Bottom (BRB)
Buns
Catch One
Chances (& New Barn)
Chicken Coop  (plus Cesar's Palace, Fame Disco, Twins)
Circus Club / Peppermint Palace
Club 2020 / Club L2
Club N'somnia
The Copa
The Cove Disco
The Deep
Depository II & Light Company
The Drum, Locker & Chutes ...the Bars of 1732 Westheimer
The Eagle Houston
EJ's and Inside/Outside
The Exile
The Galleon
Gentry
George Sports Bar (& Bricks II, Past Time)
The Gold Room
Heaven
Incognito
JR's Bar & Grill
Just Marion & Lynn's
Kindred Spirits
Kon-Tiki Club (Galveston)
The Loading Dock
Mary's, Naturally
Miss Charlotte's Dance Hall & Saloon / Saddle Club
Montrose Mining Company & the bars at 805 Pacific Street
Ms Stake II, Women's Bar
Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon
Officers Club, Farmhouse & the bars at 2700 Albany
The Old Plantation
Parade Disco / Chases
The Pink Elephant
Rascals
The Red Room
Rich's
Ripcord
Roaring 60's
Robert's Lafitte, Galveston
Round Table
Silver Bullet & Silver Phoenix
The 611 Club
Soixante Quinze, or 6015
South Beach
Studio 13
Triangle Bar & Grill
Twins
The Usual
Velvet Hammer
Venture-N
Wagon Wheel, Late 1930's

And some Bathhouses
Club Houston
Midtowne Spa
The 2306 and Arena Baths

And a Private Club
Meat Rack

Bar Raids
Bar Fires & Arson

Article on Texas Bar History
   in Houston and Dallas, Texas Triangle, 7/17/97
Article on Houston Bars, TX Triangle, 11/80
General Article 1985, on the Bars as part of the community, and the organization HOBO

Mapping Montrose's Gay History, an excellent article on the work of Dr Brian Riedel charting the changes

Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960-1980 By Dr Brian Riedel

Dallas/Fort Worth

Frank Caven owned many, Many bars in Dallas and Houston, and sold the Houston ones in 1986. This book is of ads from his Dallas bars, with a few elsewhere, 1980s-1990s. It was found in the DJ booth of the Rose Room in Dallas, and I thank Kerry Shatzer for loaning it to me. It's 300 pages, in three parts.
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Dallas / Fort Worth Articles about Gay Bars

Still Not Over the Rainbow - Todd Camp

A Photo History of Dallas' Gay Bars of the 1970s - P Bosse

Photos of Dalla s Bars, 1981 - JD Doyle

Houston Bar Matchbooks