The bawdy houses produced a litany of ladies with colorful sobriquets. The tender feelings western men had for these ladies are shown in the nicknames they gave them. Some, like Irish Queen, and Spanish Queen were related to ethnicity.  Rose was a favorite; there was Prairie Rose, Midnight Rose, Texas Rose, and The Wild Irish Rose. Prairie Rose was a good time girl and gambler who could always win a bet when she had to. She was well-endowed with natural assets which she freely displayed afte


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