For about a hundred years, the Maxwell Street District or better known as Bloody Maxwell on the Near West Side of...
The Bloody Maxwell District Chicago
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Theodore Allen – The Allen
Theodore Allen, or known as The Allen, was an American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a...
The Horseshoe Section – Jersey City, New Jersey
The “Horse-Shoe” section in Jersey City’s old Second Ward was an area of tenements...
The Vandeleur Evictions
One of the most famous evictions took place in July, 1888, on the Vandeleur Estate near Kilrush, Co. Clare....
The Tweed Ring
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Thomas “Shang” Draper
Thomas "Shang" Draper, was a criminal, gang leader and saloon owner. His bar was located on West 28th Street in New...
Billy Porter and the Dutch Mob
Billy Porter was a long time member of the Dutch Mob along with Johnny Irving, Little Freddie and Sheeny Mike Kurtz...
The Kerry Patch – St. Louis
The Kerry Patch or The Patch as it was also known was a neighborhood in the north of downtown St. Louis, Missouri....
Thomas Snake Kinney
Thomas Snake Kinney was a Missouri state senator, he was one of the founding members of the infamous Egan's Rats, a...