Comments on: overview: a century of brothels in wallace, idaho https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/ Selling Sex in the Silver Valley, 1884-1991 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Heather Branstetter https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Sun, 21 May 2023 01:39:54 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-1451 In reply to Dave Petersen.

Hi Dave, thanks for your story! There actually did used to be a whorehouse above the Smokehouse. It was called the Old Court Rooms, and there is a picture of it from 1913 on display at the Barnard-Stockbridge Photography Museum in Wallace right now. I’ll try to send it to the email you signed in with…

]]> By: Dave Petersen https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:22:25 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-1181 I happed to stumble across this and am thrilled! My grandpa owned the Smoke House in Wallace and lived upstairs what used to be a bank, court house, and then my Grandparents home. It was a great place to visit when I was a kid. The truckers would sometimes mistake my grandparents place as a whore house because it was upstairs. I remember my grandma chased them off with a broom! Exciting for a kid to see! My Dad delivered groceries to the ladies when he was in high school and he had some pretty cool stories about that. I heard the story that the whore houses bought band uniforms for the High School and bought the police a new police car. My uncle Buck would visit from Missoula and frequent the “butt hut” as he would call it. He was a very good friend of Delores Arnold. I’ve got a lot of stories about the place but probably inappropriate to say them here.
Thanks again for your great article!

]]> By: Heather Branstetter https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:34:56 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-1082 In reply to Wayne Ferrell.

Hi Wayne,

Not that I’ve heard of. Her given name was Maria.

Cheers,
Heather

]]> By: Wayne Ferrell https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:52:20 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-1068 Did Delores Arnold go by a nickname as a madam in the 1960’s?

]]> By: findheatherlee https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:51:36 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-148 In reply to Katie Johnson-Watts.

Hi Katie, I’m happy you reached out! I LOVE archival work. It’s so interesting, like you get to time travel and create stories around fragments like a mystery or detective case. It’s like reading a good book, but hands-on with real life! People like to say that all the knowledge in the world is on the web and in our phones but it’s absolutely untrue, especially when it comes to people whose important contributions have been overlooked for one reason or another… 🙂 Anyway, glad you’re getting those students in there digging around…

]]> By: Katie Johnson-Watts https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:14:32 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-147 Hi Heather,
I spotted The Spokesman article and decided to check out your work here. The research sounded interesting, and your name seemed familiar. I think we were English undergrads at UI at about the same time, and I think we had a class or two together.
Anyway, wonderful project! I really enjoyed reading about this history of the Silver Valley. My husband is a Harrison native, and I’ve heard bits and pieces of the history from his family.
I teach a 200-level research class at WSU, and we spend some time in the archives. I hope to share your work here to show them the value of archival and primary research work.
Thanks!
Katie Johnson-Watts

]]> By: findheatherlee https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:21:16 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-144 In reply to Sally Hussa Holtz.

Thanks, Sally. If you think it would be appropriate to repost the pictures and credit you for the contribution, I’d be happy to share them here.

]]> By: Sally Hussa Holtz https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:50:42 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-143 My mother’s mother, Ione Husser, cooked for Delores Arnold in the early 50’s. Delores gave my grandmother a little pomeranian. My dad, Henry Hussa, did carpenter work for Delores in the early 50’s and said they joked around a lot. Delores bought cookies from my mom and would send my sister and me money for Christmas. I have some pictures of Delores that are better than the ones I saw on this site. She was a beautiful woman—slim and with dark hair and eyes and dressed in pretty dresses and high heels. Sally Hussa Holtz

]]> By: findheatherlee https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:26:59 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-142 In reply to Jeri Walker (@JeriWB).

Aww, thanks so much for saying so. Your own blog looks very helpful and inspirational. I look forward to reading more.

]]> By: Jeri Walker (@JeriWB) https://findheatherlee.com/a-century-of-brothels-in-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:48:08 +0000 https://findheatherlee.com/?p=247#comment-141 In reply to findheatherlee.

I graduated in 1995 from WHS so I can remember seeing some of the girls in the grocery store or during the Elks parade they would stand on the roof of the Oasis rooms to watch. I’m excited to read your other entries here too. Finding a blog by a fellow Wallace person made my day too 🙂

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