Old West Saloons - What Were They Like Historically? And Today!
Women didn’t have many entertainment options in Tombstone Arizona. Clara Spalding Brown wrote “The ladies of Tombstone are not so liberally provided with entertainment, and find little enjoyment aside from a stroll about town after sunset…” 1 Sometimes they’d go into more respectable, lavish establishments for sponsored special events.
Wine, Women, and Song - True West Magazine
Jun 11, 2024 · There were saloon girls and prostitutes. Establishments like the Bird Cage in Tombstone hired women to hustle drinks, dance or sing on stage and earn extra money as prostitutes. In other places, a saloon girl might just hustle drinks and …
You know Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. But do you know the …
But many desperate young women who couldn’t get a gig at the Birdcage stationed themselves in pitiful streetside shacks called “cribs.” Tombstone history reenactor, James Zuvela, described these shelters as “double the size of an outhouse.” One still …
Tombstone Women - Tombstone Travel Tips
The Earp women are known by Tombstone AZ fans. They helped out by getting together, sewing canvas tents for miners. Our Newsletter 33 featured Wyatt’s Tombstone “wife” Mattie. Our website pages on Virgil & Morgan chronicle their wives, Allie & Louisa.
Saloon Style Women | Fatima at the Bird Cage Theatre
In the lobby of the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona is a larger-than-life sized painting entitled Fatima. The original painting is of a woman named Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, who went by the stage name of Fatima.
Who Was Big Nose Kate – Big Nose Kate's Saloon
A couple of years later she moved south to Fort Griffin, Texas, she met Doc Holliday at John Shanssey’s Saloon, where Holliday was dealing cards. By this time, Kate had earned the nickname “Big Nose” Kate.
Tombstone 1882 - The Real Story of the Town Too Tough to Die!
Women of Tombstone in 1882 wanted a local social life. Thus they attended theatrical productions, went to church, and became members of suitable groups. Some options were…
The 11 best women-owned restaurants in Tombstone - Wanderlog
Nov 22, 2024 · With favorites like Big Nose Kate's Saloon, Crystal Palace Saloon, and The Longhorn Restaurant and more, get ready to experience the best flavors around Tombstone. We scoured through the internet and read through 3 reputable sites and blogs like Things To Do in Tuscon AZ and Tombstone Travel Tips.
Wet Your Whistle at These Historic Saloons - True West Magazine
Feb 11, 2013 · The majority of saloons that hosted women were “dance halls” where the “hostesses” or “queens” were doing a horizontal dance! Tombstone’s Crystal Palace Saloon, which still serves good whiskey to this day, was one of the few saloons that sported a respectable, female faro dealer.
What Life Was Like For Saloon Girls In The Wild West - Grunge
Jan 19, 2023 · Most saloon girls and working girls had no choice but to toil in less than ideal conditions to make their way in life. The "office" of a working girl could range from the saloon or dance hall, to a "crib," to a fancy parlor house.