Actually, in the 1/2 hour episodes, every now and then you would see the girls taking men upstairs. As the show progressed over the years, the producers completely ignored the prostitution angle, although it was often pointed out that saloon girls were not fit for marrying. They also glossed over the fact two of the top citizens of Dodge, Dillon and Doc Adams, frequented a saloon/brothel. You never saw the town’s banker or any other Dodge businessmen there. The producers also ignored the fact Miss Kitty regularly cheated her customers. There was no way any of her girls were ever given any real liquor when a guy bought them a drink- otherwise, they’d be passed out on the floor after a couple of hours. The truly odd thing- there was no mayor of Dodge or any politicians for that matter.
I really enjoyed the show too but it was not very realistic in many ways. The show would have been set in the 1870’s or 80’s yet that city had no town marshal nor did Ford County have a sheriff.
The real Dodge City had Wyatt Earp as deputy marshal and Bat Masterson was County sheriff.
I used to work in Dodge City and once Amanda Blake came to visit. I recall one thing she said was they did teach them a bit of history of Dodge but of course could not keep it really accurate.