Thomas Maguire was an established theatre manager who made his name in San Francisco. Known as the “Napoleon of Impresarios” Thomas Maguire was one of the best known and most influential theater entreprenuers on the west coast during the 1860s. Before moving to California in 1849, he had been a cab driver and saloonkeeper in […]
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Julia Bulette
Julia Bulette Prostitute Julia Bulette moved to Virginia City around 1863 when the lively mining boom town boasted a population approaching 10,000. Four years later, an intruder strangled her during the early morning hours of January 20, 1867. Local officials arrested Frenchman Jean Millian when he tried to sell a few of her possessions. Found […]
Israel Friedman
Israel Friedman was a Lithuanian Jew who was one of the members of the Yiddish Theatre of New York City.ย Israel traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California.ย Lithuanian Jew member of Yiddish Theatre of NYC, traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California. Forrest was paid $10,000 by Theatre […]