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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 .
Also known as the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the La Grange Chicken Ranch made headlines after Channel 13's Marvin Zindler had it shut down. ABC13 revisits the Chicken Ranch decades later [Video]
The song’s title and lyrics refer to a brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Fayette County, Texas (later called the "Chicken Ranch"). The brothel is also the subject of the Broadway play and film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The first time ZZ Top played the song in La Grange was during the Fayette County Fair, on September 5, 2015. [6]
It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas (based on La Grange) for more than a century.It is currently under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, who inherited it from original owner Miss Wulla Jean.
The ranch used to house a collection of memorabilia from the original Chicken Ranch which was located outside of La Grange, Texas. The ranch also houses the Leghorn Bar. The bar has a separate entrance for visitors not wishing to enter the brothel parlor. The Chicken Ranch is adjacent to another legal brothel, Sheri's Ranch.
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Sheri's Ranch. Another legal brothel just outside the town of Pahrump, Nevada. The Mustang Ranch was formerly a legal brothel near Reno (closed 1999; rights to reuse the name are now tied up in court). The Moonlite BunnyRanch is a legal brothel near Carson City. Many of Nevada's other legal brothels also incorporate the term "ranch" into their ...
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