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Julia Bulette (c. 1832 – January 19/20, 1867) was an English-born American prostitute in Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown serving the Comstock Lode silver mine. She was murdered in 1867, and a French drifter named John Millain was quickly convicted and hanged for the crime.
The Julia C. Bulette Cafe, Saloon, and Red Light Museum in Virginia City, Nevada was a small museum attached to a restaurant in the Comstock Lode boomtown. It is named for Julia Bulette, a local woman who was murdered. It closed in 2020. [39] The Sexploratorium's Educational Sex Museum in Denver, Colorado opened in August 2024. [40]
Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum Virginia City Storey Erotica Madam Julia Bulette, prostitution erotica, Chinese art and antique medical equipment [4] Las Vegas Historical Society: Las Vegas Clark Local history Timeline of city history, includes old railroad, celebrity, aerial, and casino photos Las Vegas International Scout Museum Las Vegas Clark
Note, however, that this list so far only covers the modern era of brothel prostitution in Nevada, from about 1950 onward, after the closure of the red light districts of Reno and Las Vegas. According to the Nevada Brothel List site, there were 21 legal brothels in Nevada as of February 2018, [ 1 ] down from its peak of 35 in the early 1980s. [ 2 ]
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 businesses. [7]
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One of the few surviving buildings from Storyville, 2005 photograph. 100 years earlier, the "New Image Supermarket" building housed Frank Early's saloon, where Tony Jackson regularly played. Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917.