The people who knew her, and the historians who love her, consider Madam Dora DuFran one of the most lucrative businessw…
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Little Gertie the Gold Dollar The tragic love story of Billy Milgreen, Little Gertie the Gold Dollar, and Margarita
The boom towns of the Old West had a shortage of eligible women and that void for the lusty young men was filled by what…
Eva Dugan: The Only Woman Hanged in Arizona The woman who went from Alaskan prostitute to Arizonan outlaw.
Twenty-year-old Eva Dugan took the alias Claw-Finger Kitty while she was working as a prostitute during the Alaska Gold …
Julian Street in Cripple Creek The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 with Bob Womback.
The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 when a cowboy named Bob Womack found gold. For years he’d been telling any…
What Did Cowboys Do After Reaching the End of a Cattle Drive?
What did cowboys do after reaching the end of a cattle drive? Wes Shinn Saratoga Springs, New York When the cowboys hit …
Buckskin Frank Leslie Murdered Wife Mollie
Mollie Edwards was a prostitute in southeast Arizona when she met Buckskin Frank Leslie. In 1887, Mollie moved in with …