A Local Ghost Story

The "Spur of the Moment" is a local roadhouse and bar. According the the Perry Park Sentinel, it has been around in one form or another since the stagecoach days. According to a local real estate firm's website, it's the current incarnation of an old business called the Larkspur Cafe, dating from the 1920's or 1930's. In any case, it's been around for quite a while and is a local landmark of sorts.

There's a ghost story associated with it.

Shaun Boyd, an archivist with the Douglas County Libraries, was quoted as saying that a ghost named Fred White sometimes hangs out at the bar. One presumes that he's a former patron or employee.

"Boyd said people working at the bar have reported seeing a friendly-looking ghost wearing a cowboy hat and kerchief pulling bar taps and tugging on patron's ponytails. The ghost will reportedly turn off lights and switch on the jukebox for fun, Boyd said."

We don't hang out at the Spur, so we can't give any first-hand reports one way or the other. We can report that the Spur is still a popular hang-out, offering food, drinks, live music, and lots of non-ghostly locals.