Did She or Didn't She?
True West|June 2019

Deadwood’s Dora DuFran is credited with coining the word “cathouse.”

- Jan Mackell Collins
Did She or Didn't She?

The people who knew her, and the historians s who love her, consider Madam Dora DuFran one of the most lucrative businesswomen in South Dakota . Her legendary brothels in Deadwood , Belle Fourche and Rapid City made the lady famous. But was the enigmatic madam really the first painted lady to utter the word “cathouse,” known today as a reference to a brothel?

この蚘事は True West の June 2019 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

この蚘事は True West の June 2019 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

TRUE WESTのその他の蚘事すべお衚瀺
FIREARMS COLT WALKER 47
True West

FIREARMS COLT WALKER 47

THE LEGENDARY HANDGUN THAT REALLY WON THE WEST

time-read
6 分  |
January - February 2025
HERITAGE TRAVE
True West

HERITAGE TRAVE

THE AMERICAN WEST IN ALL ITS GLORY OUR ANNUAL FAVORITES LIST CELEBRATES DESTINATIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

time-read
10 分  |
January - February 2025
Wild Turkey, and Not the Drinkin' Kind
True West

Wild Turkey, and Not the Drinkin' Kind

The actual bird was a favorite of pioneers.

time-read
2 分  |
January - February 2025
THE PASSION PROJECTS OF THE MODERN WESTERN
True West

THE PASSION PROJECTS OF THE MODERN WESTERN

A YEAR OF UNDERRATED EXCELLENCE

time-read
7 分  |
January - February 2025
WESTERN BOOKS THEN AND NOW
True West

WESTERN BOOKS THEN AND NOW

THE STATE OF WESTERN HISTORY AND FICTION PUBLISHING IN 2024 IS ONE OF GRIT AND DETERMINATION.

time-read
5 分  |
January - February 2025
SAMUEL WALKER VALIANT WARRIOR
True West

SAMUEL WALKER VALIANT WARRIOR

While a prisoner at the castle of Perote, Walker was put to work raising a flagpole. At the bottom of the hole, Walker placed a Yankee dime, vowing to someday come back and retrieve it, at the same time exacting revenge on his Mexican captors. In the summer of 1847, when Walker's mounted riflemen returned and routed Santa Anna's guerillas, the young captain kept his promise and got his dime back.

time-read
9 分  |
January - February 2025
THE BATTLE OF CENTRALIA
True West

THE BATTLE OF CENTRALIA

ON September 27, 1864, Bloody Bill Anderson and about 80 men took over the small railroad village of Centralia, looting stores and discovering a barrel of whiskey that they hauled out into the street. Wild enough when sober, they soon were roaring drunk.

time-read
3 分  |
January - February 2025
THE MAN WHO SHOOTS THE WEST
True West

THE MAN WHO SHOOTS THE WEST

Jay Dusard is a living American photographer who has made Arizona his home for over 60 years, seeing it first in 1960 on a visit, moving here for good in 1963.

time-read
2 分  |
January - February 2025
A TRUE WESTERNER INDEED PHIL SPANGENBERGER 1940-2024
True West

A TRUE WESTERNER INDEED PHIL SPANGENBERGER 1940-2024

Spangenberger had Nevada trained to bow by the legendary horse trainer, Glenn Randall, who trained Roy Rogers' Trigger, Gene Autry's Champion, Rex Allen's Koko and the Ben Hur chariot horses, among other great equines.

time-read
5 分  |
January - February 2025
Where Did the Loot Go? - This is one of those find the money stories. And it's one that has attracted treasure hunters for more than 150 years.
True West

Where Did the Loot Go? - This is one of those find the money stories. And it's one that has attracted treasure hunters for more than 150 years.

Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang's last heist? Up to a dozen members of the Reno Gang stopped a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis train at a watering station in southern Indiana. The outlaws had prior intelligence about its main load: express car safes held about $97,000 in government bonds and notes. In the process of the job, one of the crew was killed and two others hurt. The gang made a clean getaway with the loot.

time-read
2 分  |
July - August 2024