Prostitution thrived in pioneer Colorado. Mining was the principal
occupation and men outnumbered women more than twenty to one. Jan
MacKell provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860
and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple
Creek, Salida, Colorado City, and similar boomtown communities. She
used census data, Sanborn maps, city directories, property records,
marriage records, and court records to document and trace the
movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering
work histories, medical problems, and numerous relocations from
town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled
with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violence.
MacKell has unearthed numerous colorful and often touching
stories, like that of the boy raised in a brothel who was invited
to play with a neighbor's children and replied, "No, my mother is a
whore and says I am to stay at home."
"Delicacy, humor, respect, and compassion are among the merits
of this book. Although other authors have flirted with Colorado's
commercial sex, Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview. She has
been researching these elusive women for the last fifteen years.
Such persistence allows her to offer rich detail on shady ladies
who rarely used their real names or even stuck with the same
professional name for long."--Thomas J. Noel, from the
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