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Index
Italicized page numbers indicated photographs.
alcoholism, 17, 104, 139
Anderson, John, 62
Angel of San Antonio, 29
Anti-Horse Thief Association, 91–92
Armijo, Manuel, 81
arson, 162, 164, 188
automobile accidents, 161, 167
Averill, Jim, 176–84
Baldwin, Charles, 166, 167
bandits
Rowe, Jenny, 112–16
Starr, Belle, 125
Bank of California, 171, 172
Barbary Coast Madam, 14–24, 15
Barceló, Gertrudis Maria “La Tules,” 77–81, 79
Baxter, Dan, 32
Beard, E. T. “Red,” 94–95
Bee Hive Saloon, 25–26, 30
Berg, Herbert N., 166
Berry, Pat, 62–64
Big Nose Kate (Kate Horony), 105–11, 108
Black Gladys, 19
blackjack, 57, 61
Blackjack Queen of the Northern Mines, 56
blackmail, 51
Blaylock, Mattie, 4, 107
Bodie, California, 61, 154, 159
bordellos. See brothels
Bothwell, Albert J., 181–82, 183
Brick, the, 131–32, 155
Bright’s disease, 53
brothels
fires at, 188
high-class, descriptions of, 16, 49, 51, 70, 76, 131, 144, 164, 166
low-class, descriptions of, 87, 155
second-class, descriptions of, 155
Buchanan, Frank, 182–83
Buffalo Sue, 63
Bulette, Julia, 33–39, 36
Bullock, Seth, 11
bullwhackers, 100, 102
Burtin, John, 169–75
Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary), 97–104, 99
Canary, Charlotte, 98, 100
&nb
sp; Canary, Robert, 98, 100
cardsharps
Barceló, Gertrudis Maria, 77–81, 79
Calamity Jane, 101–2
Cora, Belle Ryan, 147–53, 149
Deno, Lottie, 25–32
Dumont, Eleanora, 56–61, 59
Hamlin, Mary, 168–75
Ivers, Alice, 40–46, 43
LeRoy, Kitty, 8–13
O’Leary, Kate, 90–96, 91
Rowe, Jenny, 112–16
Siddons, Belle, 133–39, 135
Smith, Minnie, 65–68
Starr, Belle, 120–23, 122, 126
Cartwright, Philip, 169
Carver, Dutch, 57–58
Cattle Kate (Ella Watson), 176–84, 179
cattle rustling, 91–92, 125, 126, 180
Cazentre, Mrs., 35, 36
Christianity, 88–89, 117–19, 128
circuses, 113
Cisneros y Lucero, Jose, 78, 80–81
Civil War, 123, 134
Coates, Jimmy, 169–75
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 102, 103
cohabitation laws, 4
Colorado History Museum, 163
Comanche Indians, 2–3
con artists, 150–51, 168–75
Cora, Belle Ryan, 147–53, 149
Cora, Charles, 147, 149–53
Cora House, 149, 151–52
Cosmopolitan Club, 28
cribs, 87, 155
Crowder, Gene, 181, 183
Cruger, Bill, 30–31
Cummings, George, 111
Cummings, Mary K. (Kate Horony aka Big Nose Kate), 105–11, 108
Curley, Sam, 8, 9, 11–13
Curtis, Newton M., 134
Custer, George, 101
Dab, Lillie, 142
Dale, Eva Pearl, 161, 165, 167
Dale, Samuel, 161
Dalton, John, 131
dance hall girls
LeRoy, Kitty, 8–13
Thompson, Libby, 1–7, 5
Daroux, Frank, 14–15, 19–24
Davis, Beverly, 76
Deadwood, South Dakota, 9, 11–13, 40, 45, 102–3, 136–37
DeCorey, John, 181
Dedrick, Florence Mabel, 117–19
DeMerritt, Josephine, 94
Deno, Lottie (Carlotta J. Thompkins aka Faro Nell; Mystic Maude), 25–32
Denver, Colorado, 47–48, 53
Denver Red Book, 53
depression, 53, 67, 68, 139
Diamond Jessie (Jessie Hayman), 18, 69–76
diamond mine hoaxes, 170–75
Dirty Alice (Minnie Smith), 65–68, 165
Dlong, Charles, 37
doctor’s assistants, 133, 134–35, 138
Donahue, Teresa Susan (aka Tessie Wall), 14–24, 15
Donnelly, Hattie, 12–13
Doten, Alf, 132
drug addictions, 139
Duck, Blue, 122, 125, 126
Duffield, Frank, 41–42
Dumont, Eleanora (aka Madame Mustache), 56–61, 59
Dunn, Morgan, 162
Earp, Bessie, 107
Earp, Wyatt, 4, 107, 109–10
earthquakes, 74
Ellis, Buena, 185–86, 188, 189
Ellis, Rose (aka Texas Tommy), 185–90, 187
evening angels, 80
Fallon, Dell, 58–59
faro, 29, 42, 58, 101, 121
Faro Nell (Carlotta J. Thompkins aka Lottie Deno), 25–32
Faro Queen of Deadwood, 45
Field, Marshall, 53
firefighter philanthropy, 34
fires, 17–18, 74, 129, 162, 164, 166, 188
Fisher, “Burlington,” 106
Fitzgerald, Archibald T., 54, 55
five-card draw, 26, 29, 80, 126, 169
Fogarty, Mike, 30
For God’s Sake Do Something (Dedrick), 117–19
Franklin, Annie, 94
French, Jim, 125
Friess, G., 48
frontierswomen, 97–104, 99
Fulton, Kate, 144–45
gamblers
Barceló, Gertrudis Maria, 77–81, 79
Calamity Jane, 101–2
Cora, Belle Ryan, 147–53, 149
Deno, Lottie, 25–32
Dumont, Eleanora, 56–61, 59
Hamlin, Mary, 168–75
Ivers, Alice, 40–46, 43
LeRoy, Kitty, 8–13
O’Leary, Kate, 90–96, 91
Rowe, Jenny, 112–16
Siddons, Belle, 133–39, 135
Smith, Minnie, 65–68, 165
Starr, Belle, 120–23, 122, 126
gambling
cheating at, 11, 29, 65, 94, 109, 120–21
laws against, 152
opposition to, 95, 152
parlor descriptions, 77–78, 79–80, 136, 147, 151, 163
popular games, 57, 77–78, 170
wagons for, 136
women and, 10, 28, 67, 78, 80, 148, 151 (See also gamblers)
Georgetown, Colorado, 143
ghosts, 12–13
Ginger, Lewis, 90
Gold Dust Gambling House, 42
Golden, Johnny, 27
Golden Gate Amusement Company, 187, 189
Golden Gossip Club, 32
gold rush, 9, 31, 41, 45, 47–48, 57, 60, 97, 136
Great Diamond Hoax, The (Harpending), 175
Greenway Cotillion, 21
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (movie), 32
Gunsmoke (television show), 32
Hagen, Sarah (aka Cad Thompson), 129, 131–32, 155
Haley, Mary Elizabeth (aka Libby Thompson; Squirrel Tooth Alice), 1–7, 5
Hallett, Newton, 134–35
Hamlin, Mary (aka Mary the Owl), 168–75
hangings, 37–39, 152–53
Hardesty, Jack “Lucky,” 42
Harpending, Asbury, 173–75
hauntings, 12–13
Hayman, Jessie (Annie May Wyant aka Jessie Mellon; Diamond Jessie), 18, 69–76
Hayman, Nina, 70
Heidelberg Club, 188
Hickok, Wild Bill, 45, 97, 102–3, 104
highway robberies, 112–16, 125
Holliday, Doc, 25–26, 107, 109–11
Holmes, Gertrude, 33
Homestead Act, 178
homesteaders vs. ranchers war, 177
Horony, Kate (aka Big Nose Kate, Mary K. Cummings), 105–11, 108
horseback riders, 113
horse thieves, 125, 126
Horton, Anna, 161, 162, 163–64, 165, 166
Horton, James, 161
House of Mirrors, 51, 146
Huckert, George, 45
Hughes, Richard, 97
Hume, James B., 138–39
immigrants, illegal, 75
investment scams, 170–75
Ivers Tubbs, Alice (aka Poker Alice), 40–46, 43
Jackson, Claibourne Fox, 134
James, Frank, 123, 124
James, Jesse, 123, 124
jealousy, 8, 12, 14–15, 19–23, 93, 142, 162, 188
July, Jim, 126
kidnappings, 2–3
Langdon, William L., 74
Latham, Milton, 19
LeRoy, Kitty, 8–13
Lewis, Alfred Lewis, 31
licenses of prostitutes, 63, 84
Livingston, Mary, 131–32
Lombard, W. D., 167
Lone Star Saloon, 8, 11–12
Lou Eaton (Minnie Smith), 65–68, 165
Lowe, Joseph (aka Rowdy Joe), 93–95
Lucky Chance Saloon, 140
Lurline Monte Verde (Belle Si
ddons), 136
lynchings, 90–92, 139, 181–84
Madame Mustache (Eleanora Dumont), 56–61, 59
madams. See also brothels; prostitution
Cora, Belle Ryan, 151
Ellis, Rose, 185–90, 187
Hayman, Jessie, 18, 69–76
Horony, Kate, 105–11, 108
LeRoy, Kitty, 11
McDaniel, Laura Bell, 161–67
men as, 87
O’Leary, Kate, 91, 91–96
Reeves, Jessie, 128–29
Rogers, Jennie, 47–55, 50, 146
Silks, Mattie, 49, 140–46, 141
Smith, Minnie, 65–68, 165
Thompson, Cad, 129, 131–32, 155
Thompson, Libby, 1–7, 5
Wall, Tessie, 14–24, 15
Washburn, Josie, 82–89
male-landladies, 87
Mansion, the, 166
Marks, Earnest, 155, 157–60
marksmanship skills, 44, 46
Mary the Owl (Mary Hamlin), 168–75
Masterson, Bat, 109
May, Boone, 138, 139
May, Rosa, 154–60, 156
McCall, Jack, 45
McCarty, Dusty, 161, 167
McCommas, Rosa, 125
McDaniel, John Thomas, 162–64, 165
McDaniel, Laura Bell, 161–67
McKnight, Jack, 60
McLaughlin, Archie, 137–39
Mellon, Jessie (Annie May Wyant aka Jessie Hayman; Diamond Jessie), 18, 69–76
Melvin, Silas, 106
Mexican-American War, 80–81
Millian, John, 37–39
Miner’s Memoirs, A (Phillips), 154
Minnivie, Mary J., 34–35
missionaries, 117–19
moccasins, 181, 184
monte, 77–78, 80, 135, 136
Mooar, Josiah Wright, 96
Moore, Frank, 113–15
murders
attempted, 14–15, 22–24, 52, 141–42
of bandits, 127
of gamblers, 8, 12
gamblers committing, 40–41, 46
of prostitutes, 33–39, 36
prostitutes accused of, 62–64
prostitutes committing, 105
Mystic Maude (Carlotta J. Thompson aka Lottie Deno), 25–32
New World gambling parlor, 147, 151
