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Kitty Leroy (c. 1850 – December 6, 1877) was a dancer, gambler, and performer who lived in Deadwood, famous city of the American Old West, at the time of her death. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was murdered by her estranged husband in December of 1877.
Belmont is a city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area , on the San Francisco Peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose . It was originally part of Rancho de las Pulgas , for which one of its main roads, the Alameda de las Pulgas, is named.
The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...
The history of gambling in the United States covers gambling and gaming since the colonial period. The overall theme is one of a general lack of formal regulation (but sometimes significant religious or moral disapproval), giving way by degrees to widespread prohibition by the early 20th century, followed by a loosening of restrictions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Eleanor Dumont (born Simone Jules; c. 1829–1879), also called Eleonore Alphonsine Dumant, was a notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush. She was also known by her nickname Madame Moustache due to the appearance of a line of dark hair on her upper lip.
Bouquet Saloon was at the corner of Commercial and Los Angeles Street in the red-light district and was one of the favored meeting places for power brokers of the ward. [1] In 1897, Savage took over the lease and used it as a base for political and economic operations for the next decade.
A faro game in a Tombstone, Arizona Territory saloon.. The frontier gambler is one of the most recognizable stock characters of the 19th century American frontier.Historically, gamblers were of both sexes, came from a variety of professions, social classes, and geographical backgrounds, were of many different nationalities, and were part of a well-respected profession.
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa is an Indian gaming casino, of the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, located in Cabazon, California (Carol Highsmith, 2013). Legal forms of gambling in the U.S. state of California include cardrooms, Indian casinos, the California State Lottery, parimutuel wagering on horse racing, and charitable gaming.