A Deadwood Cathouse
A bit of history from our past. From
Digital Deadwood comes this story of Ms. Dora DuFran and how her piano player (and lawyer) was able to maneuver around a new law (and make buck in the process).
Dora DuFran ran houses of ill-repute in Deadwood, Sturgis and Rapid City. The story below is an example of the many told of her during those wild and woolly days of Deadwood�s infancy. She never had any children although she did marry. You can visit her grave at Mt. Moriah, it is located very close to Wild Bills and Calamity Jane�s grave sites. If you go you will see a small marker near hers, that of her parrot, Fred. She had him buried there as he passed before she did.
A fun read and an insight on how the term cathouse came into use.
Posted by DaveH at September 21, 2008 6:09 PM