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The Chicken Ranch was an illegal brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973 in Fayette County, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of downtown La Grange The business was notably dramatized in the 1978 Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , adapted into a 1982 film of the same name .
The Chicken Ranch also served as the basis for the 1978 Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and its 1982 movie adaptation. [12] In 1974, a little league team from La Grange won the Texas state championship. The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center is located at 250 Fair Grounds Road in La Grange. [13]
Interestingly older USGS quad maps show that the Chicken Ranch house was linked to Hwy 71 via a north-south dirt road starting near the old/new US 71 interchange (leading north-northeast from 29.9088,-96.8368), so this would have been just past the "bend" of old US 71 when driving east from La Grange.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall. It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas .
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The Chisholm Trail and Texas and Pacific Railway were branded as the economic driving force leading to the progressive development of the rambunctious red-light district. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 4 ] At its peak, Hell's Half Acre consisted of boarding houses , bordellos, gambling parlours , hotels , saloons, and a sparse assortment of mercantile ...
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