Market Street Madam by Randi A Samuelson-Brown (320 pages) - Union Station

Market Street Madam tells the story of Annie Ryan, a woman who is running a second-rate brothel in 1890s Denver with an eye toward expansion. By chance she encounters Lydia Chambers, a society woman suffering from a laudanum habit and a bad marriage, who owns a prized property on the infamous Market Street. Annie's fortunes at the brothel turn on her niece Pearl, a pretty young girl swept up in Denver's underworld of jealousy, booze, and vice--until murder stalks the good-time girls and puts everyone's future in doubt. A rollicking tale of blurred lines, flowing booze, played-out miners and upstairs girls, Market Street Madam delivers a compelling look at the intrigues of the Wild West, where women were enterprising and justice could be had . . . for a price.

Let's discuss "Market Street Madam" while walking from Union Station down Market Street and to any other possible nearby locations mentioned in the book.

Some planned stops:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=96236
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=96234

Copies of the book are available from the Denver Public Library.

We'll meet inside Union Station, I'll post how to find me the morning of the event, but it will be inside Union Station. There's a Tattered Cover at Union Station, restrooms, coffee, etc. I'm not sure parking, as I often just ride the light rail, but being Sunday there is likely free street parking nearby.

2.8 mph pace, not super fast since we'll be discussing the book while also looking for referenced locations. I'm not sure distance, but it could be 5 miles as we work our way from LoDo to RiNo. While fiction, I believe it might be heavily inspired by Mattie Silks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Silks

https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2023/12/15/women-market-street

I prefer to explore without pets or children.

You'll want normal hiking stuff, hat, water, sunglasses.