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1 kwi 2022 · Soldiers traveled a special route via rail trail from Fort Sam Houston to downtown near San Antonio’s red-light district, also known locally as the Sporting District. They would be handed a directory, called the Blue Book, telling them where specific houses and women were located.
The Galveston red light district was a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas, known for its concentration of brothels and other businesses related to the sex trade. The area was active from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century when authorities shut it down.
The women were denizens of Austin's Guy Town, the infamous red-light district that blossomed during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Their clients were city council members, legislators, and businessmen who tacitly supported business in Guy Town through their continued patronage.
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.
27 maj 2023 · The map below illustrates the connection between Red Light establishments and the rail lines. Each point on the map represents a place that had a Red Light establishment or was noted to have brothels that displayed red lanterns outside.
22 kwi 2022 · Running Red-Lights is a limited series podcast from Texas Public Radio about the history of sex work in San Antonio. We uncover the women who ran the industry, but who weren't allowed to make history. On this page you'll find podcast episodes, and additional reporting with photos and maps that accompany our reporting.
11 maj 2022 · The limited series podcast “Running Red-Lights” uncovers the untold history of sex work and the madams who ran the industry in San Antonio. How did the history of the sex worker evolve? Why weren’t the women who ran the red-light district recorded in official historical documents?
