Hell's Half Acre Author:Frederic Bean It was called the "Paris of the Plains," but culture-seekers had to settle for public executions. For nearly thirty years it was the most dangerous strip of land west of the Mississippi, a few city blocks of sin and corruption with twice as many whorehouses as churches -- and more murders per square yard than anywhere else. — It was a p... more »lace with temptations and dangers that changed lives. God-fearing girls became women of the night. Cowboys became lawmen and lawmen became thieves. And people from all walks of life became corpses.
Today we call it downtown Fort Worth. A century ago, they called Hell's Half Acre.
This is the story of those who lived there . . .« less