Apr 13, 2016 - Depending on the social and economic structure of the area,Brothel's (or houses of prostitution) ranged from makeshift tents to stately mansions fitted with crystal chandeliers, carpets, electricity and populated with women of every age, color, size and price range. Old West saloons frequently accommodated opium hideaways or brothels.
In fact, it was an all-men world where women were often not allowed in unless they worked as saloon entertainers or dancers.
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By 1893, the situation seemed so out of control that the Anti-Saloon League was established, determined to end the age of uncompromising debauchery. The 'soiled doves' of the Wild West: Photos reveal the everyday lives of prostitutes in the brothels of the American Frontier. TV Shows: Wild Wild West fanfiction archive with over 422 stories. The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers.
While the Wild West wasn’t quite the world of gunslingers and desperadoes portrayed in movies, it was still a dangerous place.
A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West.Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, miners and gamblers.A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill". These are the amazing photographs of some of the most notorious prostitutes in the wild west and women who were involved with infamous gunslingers and lawmen during their career.
With law enforcement often miles away, criminals flourished, and people were left to take matters into their own hands—often with terrifying results. Saloons were ever popular in a place filled with soldiers, which included one of the West’s first saloons at Bent’s Fort, Colorado in the late 1820s; or with cowboys, such as Dodge City, Kansas; and wherever miners scrabbled along rocks or canyons in search of their fortunes.When gold was discovered near Santa Barbara, California in 1848, the settlement had but one cantina. I hope everyone enjoys this and reviews/comments are always welcome. The challenge was to write a story about the characters in either Black Sheep Squadron or The Wild Wild West and involve a cat or kittens in the plot.