March 2000 The Bird Cage Theater is still here with much of the original dust in tact. Lyrics to the song popular in the century, "She's only a bird in a gilded cage..." originated with this theater. Fourteen bird cage crib compartments suspended from the ceiling overhanging the casino and dance hall is where the "ladies of the night" plied their trade. Sixteen gunfights took place there and 140 bullet holes are in the walls and ceilings. Boot Hill Cemetery (the first with that name) is where the infamous and unknowns are buried beneath piles of rocks. Many tombstones simply read with a name, shot by and a date. One poor guy was hanged by mistake, and his tombstone has an apology for that error on it. |