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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): The Mystery of Zip Wyatt aka Dick Yeager
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Mystery of Zip Wyatt aka Dick Yeager. Shot three times with a .45, one of which lodged near his pelvis in his intestines, meant a month of agony for a shattered pelvis, infection and the certainty that death was hovering nearby in the sultry heat of late summer in Enid, Oklahoma. Zip Wyatt Sinking Fast"...
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): Vocabulary
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Bagnio, Brothel, Cat House, Houses of Ill Repute, Disorderly House, Bawdy House, Resorts, Sporting Houses. Bars, Saloons, Resorts (Gaming), Wine Rooms (for Ladies). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This Woman of Misfortune". Bawds and Bars of Early Oklahoma City, 1889-1910 (soon). NEW 'Tales of Hell's Half Acre'. Old Time Music from a Saloon.
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): Hell's All Over
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Identified areas earning the label include:. Ft Worth (ca 1870's). Perry, Oklahoma (1893). Really, the earmarks of a "Hell" could be applied to any of the many boom mining towns of the Rockies, Wyoming, and Alaska. They could applied to rail-head towns and fast growing urban centers where the law was always short-handed, the drinks ...
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): August 2015
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Tuesday, August 25, 2015. The Red Light Saloon. Such a reputation could not go begging so others popped up in Helena, Montana. And in Dallas and Ft. Worth in Texas. Additionally, there was one Rawlins, Wyoming and in Oklahoma City. A song, ribald and raw, also emerged and is found today in two versions. One is an edited version. Two ver...
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): October 2015
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Monday, October 26, 2015. The Prayer of a Soiled Dove. A Poem by Marilyn A. Hudson. The Prayer of A Soiled Dove. A Poem By Marilyn A. Hudson, 2015. How do you wash a soiled dove? One who has lived a life that is fast? Give her your heart’s deepest love;. Chase away the ghosts of her past. Daily the tears are like rain. By the 1890's the...
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): Harlot's Lane
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This Woman of Misfortune". Bawds and Bars of Early Oklahoma City, 1889-1910 (soon). NEW 'Tales of Hell's Half Acre'. A Fictional Depiction of the Life of One Madame (soon). Ideas: Using History As a Tourist Draw. Caldwell, KS - Where Many Sooners Waited. Old Time Music from a Saloon. After the Ball (1893).
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): "I Can Stop Anytime". A poem by Marilyn A. Hudson
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Monday, November 16, 2015. I Can Stop Anytime". A poem by Marilyn A. Hudson. I can Stop Any Time. A poem By Marilyn A. Hudson, 2015. I don’t really need that drink. No matter what others may think. Just pour me on to be kind. Then another, if you wouldn’t mind. I can walk away anytime from this bar! There’s another one not very far.
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): November 2015
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Monday, November 16, 2015. I Can Stop Anytime". A poem by Marilyn A. Hudson. I can Stop Any Time. A poem By Marilyn A. Hudson, 2015. I don’t really need that drink. No matter what others may think. Just pour me on to be kind. Then another, if you wouldn’t mind. I can walk away anytime from this bar! There’s another one not very far.
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): They Wore Pants, Carried a Gun or Rode Like A Cowboy: CATTLE ANNIE and LITTLE BRITCHES
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Tuesday, October 6, 2015. They Wore Pants, Carried a Gun or Rode Like A Cowboy: CATTLE ANNIE and LITTLE BRITCHES. The challenges of the west often meant that some aspects of ‘civilization’ tended to fall under the onslaught of necessity. There was, to the western woman, a practical streak. In Oklahoma, there were several of these stories.
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC): The Times They Are A Changin'!
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Hell's Half Acre (OKC). C Marilyn A.Hudson, 2015. A look at the history of the bawds and bars of early Oklahoma City (and maybe occasionally elsewhere) from 1889 to 1910. Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The Times They Are A Changin'! The bicycle and its cousin the emergent motorcycle (1885) were catching the attention of young people. They were easy to make, repair, and were highly portable . In the Ozarks of 1898, a young brother and sister died while riding a motorized bicycle made by the brother. Oklahoma) ...