As the article points out, the real Dodge was quite a bit wilder and rougher than it was portrayed. “Gunsmoke” hinted at some things, but I guess it was limited by the sensibilities of its time.
Yeah.
I don't think Miss Kitty was the town librarian.
“Gunsmoke” hinted at some things...
Except that Ms Kitty’s saloon was the only wild west one that the girls were proper and innocent. Only working there to get the cowboys to buy drinks. The only thing wrong about the ladies was the bad stereotype other places put on them.
But I diverge. Your premise still holds even in Ms Russell’s establishment.