Riverton Boot Bar

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Location: 702 E Main Street, Riverton, WY
GPS:   43d 1m 29.47s    -108d 22m 54.83s
Map / Satellite Image: Google Link
 

Travel Directions:
WY-789 (Federal Boulevard) and US-26 (E Main Street) intersect in downtown Riverton. The Boot Bar is a block east of the intersection on the north side of E Main Street, two blocks east of the post office.

Remarks:
To prepare for her work with the Brokeback cast, dialect coach Joy Ellison went to Riverton where she paid a visit to this “roughneck bar.” With her were Michelle Williams and a hidden tape recorder. Inside, they “just started asking questions about the town and what had changed.” The recordings, and Ellison's notes, gave her the tools she needed to bring a widely acclaimed level of authenticity to the actors’ diction.

See:
http://www.smithmag.net/obsessions/2006/03/01/brokeback-mountains-dialect-coach/

Important:
Obtain permission before photographing bar patrons.

Quotation:
“I held my beer up and leaned my elbow on the bar ....”

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