X-rated old west?
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GypsmJim
GypsmJim
Old West? I think it goes back a lot further than that.
As my grandpa used to say... It's the little head thinking for the big head....
That book has been around forever...first time I saw it was in Virginia City about 20 years ago. I really should pick up a copy and read it sometime.
Madam Millie by Max Evans is a good book too. It's worth reading. Millie ran several bordellos and was always known to run an honest house.
Looks like Bernadette Peters on the cover...
I wonder if she got paid or royalties from it?
I wonder if she got paid or royalties from it?
There used to be a place in Deadwood called Pam's Purple Door. Pretty notorius and left alone by the police. My friend and I decided to go there to see what it was like to pay for it. It was shut down a few days before we got there. This was in 1980, I think. :(
Is there a $2 version of the book with Harris on the cover?
Took the four day defensive handgun course at Front Sight out in Nevada 5 times... Front Sight was located way out of Pahrump in the Dessert... the town / city of Pahrump has a cat house, I forget the name of it.
Armybrat
Hunter
Hah!
ISWYDT with the $2 (“Whore note”) reference. Lol
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My in-laws retired to Pahrump and lived there until their death. Been there many, many times, the town that is.
As far as brothels there is The Chicken Ranch and Sheri's. I believe that there used to be a third one but I don't remember for sure. Any way...my father-in-law used to bug me about going to one thinking I'd always say no. Well one day I said yes, to get a tee shirt and shot glass. So we arrive at one, don't remember which one but it was the last one on the road. We walked in to a huge area that was empty except the bar tender behind a huge bar. We told him what we came for and he called out a lady who took us into a side room full of trinkets. I bought a shirt and shot glass and we left. I have no idea where they are now, HA!
A few years later I brought a friend there during Vegas Bike Week but he wouldn't go in. We took pictures and left. That's my story!
GypsmJim
GypsmJim
Long ago I bought a copper coin at a gun show. Bought it just for fun. I'm sure it is a reproduction.
Front: "Slim's Palace....Cold Beer, Hot Ladies, One Screw"
Back: "All Night Check....$3"
Front: "Slim's Palace....Cold Beer, Hot Ladies, One Screw"
Back: "All Night Check....$3"
Wasn't Mustang Ranch in Pahrump, or was that Henderson?
It's in Sparks NV. I believe it's a few miles from the original location that was shut down by the feds.
A little more from memory - Pam's was just down Main from Saloon Number 10. No signage, just a purple door on the sidewalk. I heard that that led directly upstairs where they leased and combined the upper floors of a couple of buildings. Supposed to be quite the place at one time. South Dakota can be interesting at times if you pay attention. :cool:
KIR
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The Mustang Ranch was located approximately 15-20 mi/min east of Sparks, NV. Legal prostitution not allowed in Washoe Co., nor Clark Co. (basically Reno/Vegas).
I met Joe Conforte and Mustang Sally at the then named Reno Coliseum to watch the Ali-Foreman Rumble in the Jungle on a pay-per-view screen. I sat next to them. While managing the World Famous Stagecoach Bar located in the Reno Greyhound Bus Depot, a few of the ladies would stop by, either leaving or going back to the ranch. One interesting story was about the mayor's wife whose doctor was the same one the ladies were required to see before returning to the ranch, checked out for STD's. Was in the local newspaper. The big story, of course was Sally falling in love with Argentine boxer Oscar Bonavena, who fought/lost to Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Joe got jealous and had one of the security guards shoot Bonavena. Sally spent three years in therapy after that; per one of the ladies who worked there.
Just like the casinos, lots of interesting stories about some of the ladies who worked at the ranches...
I met Joe Conforte and Mustang Sally at the then named Reno Coliseum to watch the Ali-Foreman Rumble in the Jungle on a pay-per-view screen. I sat next to them. While managing the World Famous Stagecoach Bar located in the Reno Greyhound Bus Depot, a few of the ladies would stop by, either leaving or going back to the ranch. One interesting story was about the mayor's wife whose doctor was the same one the ladies were required to see before returning to the ranch, checked out for STD's. Was in the local newspaper. The big story, of course was Sally falling in love with Argentine boxer Oscar Bonavena, who fought/lost to Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Joe got jealous and had one of the security guards shoot Bonavena. Sally spent three years in therapy after that; per one of the ladies who worked there.
Just like the casinos, lots of interesting stories about some of the ladies who worked at the ranches...
cutlassguy1976
Single-Sixer
I've heard it said that the the "ladies of the night" is the oldest profession still in existence dating back to the old Roman days. My father in law was the president of an Operating Engineers' union. He used to repute that and said Operating Engineers are the oldest, they were there first and built the roads so the ladies could get to Rome.
LGC42
Single-Sixer
In June my wife, sil, bil, and I took a 10 day road trip. Deadwood was one of the places we visited. The Purple Door gives tours of the place for $15 per person. It was quite interesting.
^^^I did not know that. Interesting.
I checked the copyright date 1994. Fast read. Interesting.
You can find most anything on the interweb. Google Pam's Purple Door. You can even rent a room there if you want to stay..... I had completely forgotten the raid in 1980. That was when we went, apparently not long after the raid.
I have been to Deadwood but I didn't visit the place with the purple door... I stopped by the cemetery to speak to old friends from a past life:
wheelgun1958
Hunter
La Grange Texas had one I believe. When we lived in The Colony Texas, there was a purple house, rumored to be a place of respite for the 'ladies.'
Speaking of this, a 'while ago' when I was studying to be in broadcasting the college I was attending had a prostitute come and speak to our class along with the criminal justice department students and I remember her explaining that she had been part of a traveling group that moved from low rent motel to low rent motel and the way you could tell they were in residence is the sign on the marque out front would have spelling errors on it.
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Must have been the 'in' thing. I used to live in Grand Island, NE and there was a big dust up there at the time. A guy who was big into truck stop ownership was from there and apparently he visited a certain motel for some action. Long story short, the woman who came to his door was his daughter. She was a big party animal and apparently made some extra money that way. The motel was a pretty nice one, but as you said, Blume, when the sign had misspelled words the 'ladies' were available. Not going to mention any names, he was pretty well known in the truck stop world.
Saw them at Boise State Pavilion 1984 Eliminator tour. My ears are still ringing. :cool:
As bad as the guy who was at a stag party and was shocked when the stripper was his daughter. That was an awkward moment for sure....
I had several jobs in New Orleans a way back when. Near downtown was a place called "The Rising Sun" (that the song is named after). In the early mid 1800's it was a whore house that had gambling, a bar and rooms to rent. Now it is just a restaurant. But I worked at a couple of very old sugar mills located in the woods that had a few very old coon-asses and they told me quite a few stories about the old days there.
freakindawgen
Blackhawk
Wasn't Mary Magdelin a prostitute?
