Hell's Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District

Index

Inclex Abilene, Kansas, 3, 4,15,21,59,71,87, 89,110,163,171,277, 278, 289 (fn. 11), 294 (fn. 20) "Acre, the" (origin of nickname), 4-5, 282 (fn.6) "actresses" (variety theater), 146, 148, 166 Adelphi Theater, 43 Add-Ran College (Texas Christian University)' 48 Afro-American Citizen's Conference, 221-22 age of consent, 210-II Alamo Saloon (Dodge City, Kansas), 166 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 116, 175 Allen, Texas (holdup at), 103 Ambrose, Charles (addict, disorderly house proprietor), 224-25 Anderson, A. J. (gun shop owner), 103 Anderson, Thomas (city father), 162 Andrews, Lulu (prostitute), 227 Anheuser-Busch, 226 (photo) anti-gun laws: see ordinances, legislation Arnold, John (alias): see Kilpatrick, Ben Arnold, Major Ripley (U.S. Army Officer), 272 Atlanta House (hotel), 234 Austin's saloon (Dallas), 127 Austin, Texas, 2, 3, 27, 36, 130, 171, 210, 218 Ayres, B. P. (county attorney), 218 bagnio: see sporting houses Bank Exchange Saloon (or Bank Saloon), 53, 195, 196 Banks, Velma (prostitute), 151 Baptist church, Baptists, 34, 81, 133, 134, 219 Baracha Home for Unwed Mothers, 271 "Barbary Coast" (San Francisco red-light district), 277 Barklow, Carrie (madam), 156 barroom art, 53 Bartholomew, Edward (historian), 44, 76 Barnes, Seaborn (outlaw), 102, 104 (photo) bars and taverns: see saloons Barton, W. P. (gambler), 46 baseball, 162, 233 Bassett, Charles, 170 Bass, Sam (outlaw and his gang), 39, 101-03,105, 106,107,212,217,222, 240, 252, 263, 273, 276, 296 (fn. 70), 296 (fn. 84) Battle's Cotton Yard, 8 Baten, A. E. (Baptist minister), 219 bawds: see prostitutes bawdy house: see sporting house Beall, J. F. (mayoral candidate), III Beard, Ed, or "Red Beard" (saloon proprietor), 76 • 349 • 350 • Hell's Half Acre • Bebee, Hiram (as Harry Longbaugh), 324 (fn. 74) Bebee, Pearl (madam), 156 Beckham, R. E. (lawyer, judge, mayor), 13, 80,111,112,158-59,207,209,210, 217,342 Beeson, Chalkey M. (saloon proprietor), 166 Behrens, John (rancher), 125 "Belknap, Miss" (prostitute), 151 Bell, Alexander Graham (inventor), 92 Bellevue, Texas, 212 Belmont, Josie (madam), 153-54, 273 Belmont, Lottie (madam), 153, 238 Benbrook, Texas (train robbery at), 212-13 Bennett, Mrs. Octavia (Fort Worth resident), 208, 282 (fn. 2) Betenson, Lula Parker (Butch Cassidy's sister), 244, 253, 260, 317-18 (fn. 2), 322 (fn. 67), 324 (fn. 74) "Big-Nose Kate" (prostitute), 21 Big Springs, Nebraska: see Union Pacific Railroad billiards: see pool "Billy the Kid" (famous outlaw, imitators), 216, 273,314-15 (fn. 42) Bimbo, Marie Hettie (Mrs. Luke Short), 175,312 (fn. 101) "Birdie" (prostitute): see Parks, Birdie Birdville, Texas, 136 Bishop, J. G. (Fort Worth resident), 25 Bismarck Saloon, 52, 53 Black Elephant, The (saloon), 140 Black, Mrs. Mattie (Fort Worth resident), 270 Blacks and black population of Fort Worth: xv, 21, 23, 53, 138-40, 142, 144-45, 177,199,221-23,230,285 (fn. 49), 302 (fn. 64): "black exodus" (from South), 139; black businesses, 140; black cowboys, 139; black prostitutes, 21, 23, 144, 285 (fn. 49) Blackwell, Ella (shooting gallery proprietor), 108,189 Blair, Miss Mary (Fort Worth resident), 25 Blaylock, Mattie (Wyatt Earp's lover), 123, 125 Blevens, Tom (cowboy), 31 "Bloody Third, the": see Third Ward Blue Goose Saloon, 227 blue laws, 92 Blue Light Saloon and Dance House, 1, 2 Board of Health (Fort Worth): see Fort Worth, Board of Health Boaz, W. J. (city father), 162 Bohart, J. (saloonkeeper), 52 "boot hill," 2 bordellos: see cribs, parlor houses "border shift" (gunfighting tactic), 190, 310 (fn. 75), 325 (fn. 85) Bougereau, William Adolph (artist), 54 Bowlin, N. R. (county attorney), 159, 343 Bowman, Euday (jazz composer), 276 Bradner's Tin Shop, 59, 61 Bragg, Sol (lynching Victim), 145 Broadway Baptist Church, 134; see also Baptist church Broiles, H. S. (mayor), 176, 203-04, 207, 209,217,219,342 brothels: see sporting houses Brown, John T. (local official), 342 Brown, Kitty (prostitute), 25 Brown, Lou (dance hall proprietor), 74 "Brown, Madam" (madam), 156 Brown, Neal ("Dodge City Peace Commission"), 170 (photo) Brown's Hole, Wyoming (hideout), 215, 253, 317 (fn. 2) Brownwood, Texas, 39 Bryant, E. S. (sheriff), 266 Bucket of Blood (Black saloon), 140 Buckhorn, the (saloon), 52 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, 83, 256-57, 292 (fn. 2), 292-93 (fn. 2) buffalo hunters, 17, 32, 35, 43 Bull, Charley (private detective), 179, 187, 189, 191-92 Bullion, Ed (Laura Bullion's father, train robber), 248 Bullion, Laura, or Della Rose, "Rose of the Wild Bunch," Clara Haye, Laura Casey (gang...