Wednesday, November 20, 2013
High Third - the beginnings
The original Third Street, or
the area of ill repute was 1st Street SW, from Central Avenue south.
The town was much younger and much smaller in the early days. The city fathers
decided to move this area of ill repute “way out of town.” They forced them to the first coulee to the west.. They moved them about 2 blocks to the west to
its Third Street Southwest location. Its good they moved them to Third Street
as Second Street eventually became Broadway. One of the first Madams on Third
Street was May Butler. She was located on the west side of the block between
Central Avenue and 1st Avenue SW
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