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WAUWATOSA, WI
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MILWAUKEE, WI
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MILWAUKEE, WI
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The Boot Camp Saloon was opened and operated by Si Smits as one of Milwaukee's levi/ leather bars. When it was first opened, Boot Camp went head to head against The Wreck Room, the veteran and premier leather bar in the city. As other businesses took over the area surrounding Wreck Room and parking became more difficult there, more and more gay men opted for Boot Camp rather than Wreck Room, and Boot Camp Saloon became an institution.
Meanwhile, Boot Camp was in the area fast becoming the primary concentration of LGBT bars in the city. (These are documented in the "Milwaukee Bars Region 2" page.) All of these other LGBT bars in the area during this time meant there were always new, younger people discovering the Boot Camp as it was that close to other bars.
Boot Camp featured 3 major rooms and an outdoor patio. The main bar and secondary room were open continuously, with the second (middle) room (to the south of the main room) originally used for a pool table. In the mid 's the pool table was removed and the center room then held just electronic games. Another room to th
Camp Bar
N Robert St, St Paul, MN (Present)
Gay bars use the Rossmor Building in downtown St. Paul like a revolving door—The Grand Finale, Rumours and Innuendo, Club Vogue, Rocky’s on 10th, and Trixx compose an almost-continuous list of queer exploit in the building since A former shoe factory, the structure’s attraction may be the result of queer migration.
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