Wicked Terre Haute

Wicked Terre Haute
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 9781439666388
ISBN-13 : 1439666385
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Book Synopsis Wicked Terre Haute by : Tim Crumrin

Download or read book Wicked Terre Haute written by Tim Crumrin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join local historian Tim Crumrin as he reveals the blackguards, rogues and swindlers of Terre Haute's rough and rowdy past. For more than a century, Terre Haute earned its reputation as a sin city. One of the most notorious red-light districts in the Midwest, the West End, housed sixty brothels and nearly one thousand prostitutes at its height in the 1920s. Across this sordid scene strode the stylish and indomitable Edith Brown, the city's most famous madam. When Prohibition made the city bootlegger central, violence erupted as rival gangs vied for turf. Gamblers flooded in from all corners of the country, making Terre Haute's Wire Room second only to Las Vegas. Through it all, corrupt politicians like Mayor Donn Roberts profited handsomely from grift and deception.


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