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Monday, August 14, 2006
Prostitution in San Antonio: Then & Now
"In the late 1800s, the city's red-light district ran on both sides of what now is Interstate 35, by and south of Market Square and the University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus. Famed marshal Wyatt Earp is said to have been co-owner of a saloon, one of dozens of theaters, bars and brothels in the 22-block area, according to news archives.
Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch are said to have stayed in the area. According to David Bowser, author of "West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio," Cassidy would ride a bicycle in the red-light district. That image of the bike-riding outlaw is believed to have inspired a scene from the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." - My San Antonio
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