Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we look into the life and myths surrounding Victor Arland and the infamous town of Arland.
To learn more about Victor Arland, read this blog post on the Meeteetse Museums’ website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/wine-honey-and-saloons-victor-arland-in-the-bighorn-basin/
To learn more about Arland’s business partner, John Franklin Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/john-franklin-corbett/
To learn more about John Corbett’s wife, Mary Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/women-proprietors-of-early-meeteetse-part-ii-mary-j-corbett/
To learn more about the Dadant family, check out their website here: https://www.dadant.com/history/
For more on the history of honey in the United States:
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60500500/PDFFiles/1-100/011-Oertel--Honey%20Prices.pdf
For more information on prostitution in the American West:
William Sanger, The History of Prostitution; its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the World (New York: Harper and Bros., 1858).
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=ugrad_theses,
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2348&context=etd
https://curioushistorian.com/saloon-girls-the-soiled-doves-of-the-old-west
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2011/a-brothel-reveals-its-secrets/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543241
https://time.com/3662361/women-american-west/
If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/
The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0. Also included in this episode was, “Slow Western Intro” by Brian Holtz Music which can be found here:
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