The Frontier Tavern Project

Each point represents a tavern. Click on the point to read more about each of them. If you have information to add, submit it and we will add it to the map!

RED : Means the tavern is no more
YELLOW : Is for taverns that we are unsure about
BLUE : Is for taverns that are still standing
GREEN: Is for taverns that have been moved 

Tavern's, Inns, Ordinaries have always been essential institutions in societal development. They harken back to the Taverns of Great Britain, the Lesche of ancient Greece, the Caravanserai of India, but also to the more recent Massachusetts Bay Colony where European-American settlement of North America grew its roots. These institutions have always birthed culture; and culture is what separates the human species from anything else on our planet. They are a social gathering point, a common space for self reflection, the passing-on of multi-generational skills, and the grounding point for outward communal growth and have made advances in evolution, that we commonly take for granted, possible. It is the goal of this project to map, document, preserve and share the history of the American Tavern.