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Across from the Cumberland Cemetery was once a thriving brothel known as the Green House, once the most impressive house for miles around. Built in 1896 by Madam Isabelle Burns with the money she recieved when her husband died in Salt Lake City, the establishment employed about 50 practitioners of the world’s oldest profession. Local miners kept the place busy, even after Madam Isabell left town in 1926. That same year, scandall erupted when some murders involved certain occupants of the house. A confrontation with one of the fathers of a victim resulted in a fire which reduced the house to ashes. The Southern Hotel was built on the site, and the ladies carried on with business as usual. A new sheriff finally closed them down in 1967. |
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