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“The Apache, also famous for a while as Apache Territory, was smaller and more intimate than Oil Can Harry’s. It provided a more likely place to actually join and talk with someone,” Adkins says.

“At Oil Can Harry’s, you had to go outside to the front steps to converse to someone, or smoke if that was your vice. But at Apache, there was a little patio leading to the entrance,” he says. “It was fenced so it wasn’t exposed to the highway. At Oil Can Harry’s, you could count on being verbally harassed from a passing car, or worse yet, have something thrown at you. In its last days, Apache installed T.V. monitors playing adult movies and had go-go boys dancing. The two brothers who owned Apache expanded and opened a second bar in Hollywood, but in day both bars closed. Later, the Ventura Boulevard location became another gay lock, Everybody’s.” (Adkins, Richard 2021)

Bob Damron '81: (Most macho disco in the valley) (D) * (Disco) (Liquor)

ONE Archives at USC Libraries, 1981

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also listed as King's Alley, King's Den, King's Lounge

The Queen Mary was opened by Robert Juleff in the early 1960s.

“The Queen Mary was a show bar featuring kingly performers. They wore feather boas and sequined gowns, vamping for the audience  and lip-syncing musical hits,. The club organizers employed the clever device of a sheer black curtain between the audience and the performers – a kind of in-person mild focus filter helping the illusionists who were channeling Liza Minelli, Mae West, Diana Ross, and others to create a more successful recreation. The block had a separate entrance called the King’s Lounge for people reluctant to enter a bar with the Queen Mary name.” (Adkins, Richard 2021)

Gay Instruction '71: (S) *; Barfly West '73: [King's Alley] L, [Queen Mary] C. E. F. L. M. *; Bob Damron: (M) (S) (Liquor) * (King's Den in rear)

Situated between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, Ventura is a sunny California beach town known for offering plenty to see and complete – plenty of marvelous restaurants, lots of opportunity for outdoor fun, many festivals, a thriving arts scene, and friendly people too. It's also place to a smaller, but thriving and diverse LGBTQ community, where all can feel welcome and at home. If you're thinking of making a travel to Ventura, you'll uncover plenty about it to love.

A Look at Ventura’s History

One interesting historical tidbit about Ventura is that there is actually no city in California by the name of Ventura. The city’s official name is San Buenaventura, a name given to the area by Father Junipero Serra, who named the town in 1782 after the Italian St. Bonaventure. The name was unofficially shortened to Ventura by the Southern Pacific Railroad about 100 years ago because it was easier to print Ventura on the railroad tickets. The city’s name has never been officially changed, but the shortened specify stuck. From its founding through the present diurnal, Ventura has always been a popular tourist destination, a laid-back, coastal town with

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