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The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

“Will Rogers said: Fred Harvey kept the West supplied with food and wives.” Conditions of hash houses along railroad lines before dining cars and...

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Belle Starr

Belle Starr

Myra Maybelle Belle Shirley, AKA Belle Starr was reinvented by the media, as were many others. She was from an affluent Southern family, raised in...

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Opening Shot

Opening Shot

Wanton Women of Montana   In the 1890s, prostitution and red-light district brothels were common across the Big Sky State. In this unknown Montana...

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Whole Lotta Love

Whole Lotta Love

Giving our mothers and grandmothers their due is more than satisfying. Back in 1994 I had it on my schedule to do one of my timeline books on “The...

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