What did they have in the towns of the old west?

I know they had saloons, no sure about medics, what else did they have?

Small towns had dry goods/mercantile store, selling anything that came in a bag, barrel, jar or can, such as sugar, flour, beans, coffee, tea, even hard candies. They sold fabrics, by the yard or by the bolt, dishes, pots and pans and even hardware. If they didn’t stock it, they ordered it via mail order (that’s how and why Mr. Sears started his catalog).
If you rode on/in it and it broke/died, you had to see the guy who owned the livery and stables. He boarded/rented/bought/sold horses, made/repaired/rented/bought/sold wagons, buggies, saddles/tack, and occassionally doubled as a cobbler/boot maker.
Undertaker/funeral parlor; no explanation needed. If there wasn’t one, the local barber took care of the final arrangements.
The barber usually substituted as a dentist; the red and white pole outside let everyone know that he could extract teeth.
If they were along a cattle trail, they probably had a bath house.
The hotels usually offered food and a bath, at an extra charge and some handled the mail service.
A gunsmith and a blacksmith were essential.
Depending on the size of the town and number of farms/ranches a doctor may travel between several towns and the surrounding areas, as would the preacher, lawyers and judges.
Some towns grew up beside the railroad tracks, so they had depots, which had telegraph services.
Others had stage coach stops.
Towns near the gold and silver mines had assayers.
And, they all had a cemetery.

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