Sin City: Fat Alice & the Battle of the Bordellos

In the spring of 1886, two El Paso madams went to war over a young soiled dove named Bessie Colvin. By the time the smoke cleared, one of them was shot in her privates, and the other was under arrest for attempted murder. This is the story of Alice Abbott, the six-foot-tall brothel operator known as Fat Alice, and her rival Etta Clark, better known as Etta the Grasshopper. Also discussed is how the oldest profession worked in the Old West, from the crib girls at the bottom to the saloon girls and the high-end parlor houses, along with the $10 weekly fine that conveniently went straight into the pockets of the El Paso police department. 🤠Free Shipping with Quince! https://quince.com/wildwest 🤠Watch This Next!!!! ➡️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn17wflMQRAi10y2tT4P3A60vjLMLpB3g&si=80HkQDCKGTBjWweu 🤠Check out the website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ 🤠Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ 🤠Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ 🤠Buy me a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwest 🤠Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra #wildwest #oldwest #history #western #documentary