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The Chicken Ranch was an illegal brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973 in Fayette County, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of downtown La Grange The business was notably dramatized in the 1978 Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , adapted into a 1982 film of the same name .
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a 1982 American musical comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins (in his final film as director). An adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical of the same name, the film stars Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning and Dom DeLuise.
Chicken Ranch may refer to: Chicken Ranch (Texas), a former brothel in Texas; Chicken Ranch (Nevada), an operating brothel in Nevada, inspired by the original Texas brothel Chicken Ranch, a 1983 documentary film about the brothel in Nevada; Chicken Ranch Rancheria, an Indian reservation or rancheria in Tuolumne County, California
Chicken Ranch is a 1982 British documentary film directed by Nick Broomfield and Sandi Sissel. Its subject is the Chicken Ranch , a legalized brothel in Pahrump, Nevada . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was produced by Broomfield and photographed by Sissel.
Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969) is an American journalist and author of science fiction, fantasy and related non-fiction. Primarily known for his genre-related interviews with authors and editors, he published a collected volume of 17 interviews, Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak, through the University of Nebraska Press in 2005.
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Hell's Half Acre was a precinct of Fort Worth, Texas designated as a red-light district beginning in the early to mid 1870s in the Old Wild West. [1] It came to be called the town's "Bloody Third ward " because of the violence and lawlessness in the area.
Sheri's Ranch. Another legal brothel just outside the town of Pahrump, Nevada. The Mustang Ranch was formerly a legal brothel near Reno (closed 1999; rights to reuse the name are now tied up in court). The Moonlite BunnyRanch is a legal brothel near Carson City. Many of Nevada's other legal brothels also incorporate the term "ranch" into their ...