The Gem Saloon was a hangout for spies, revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries. The deposed General Navarro watched Francisco Madero’s procession frommthe second-story balcony after Navarro’s defeat at the Battle of Juárez. The former enemies cordially acknowledged each other. The Gem Saloon opened to the public in the threestory structure at 206 S. El Paso on December 3, 1909.
