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2.8sFounded by prostitutes in 1849...
2.8sand serviced by prostitute express riders...
3.74swho could bring in a fresh prostitute from St. Joe in three days,
2.6sBloodbath Gulch quickly became known...
4.7sas a place where a trail hand could spend a month's pay in three minutes.
2.5sThree minutes!
2.94sI never realized history was so filthy.
2.2sFirst on our tour is the whorehouse.
3.24sThen we'll visit the cathouse, the brothel, the bordello,
2.4sand finally the old mission.
3.69sOh, thank heaven! Lots of prostitutes in there.
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3.47sBut there was more to the Old West than just sex, folks.
2.69sA lot more. If you look off to your left,
3.27syou'll see a real Old West hitchin' post,
5.24spossibly used by bandits, possibly during some exciting adventure.
3.87sAnd these planks below us were often used as a sidewalk...
3.9sby people who may or may not have been bandits.