Northern Kentucky has a "colorful" history of bootlegging, prostitution, and illegal gambling. While not the most glorous of distinctions, the presence of these activities adds to Newport's notorious past.
It's the gambling history that interests me, the connections and battles with the Detroit and Cleveland syndicates. Local boys "making it good" and casinos, while illegal, as nice as anything in Nevada at that time. As I stated earlier, the little pieces of clay that I and many, many others collect are our way of preserving gaming history, legal and illegal.
I'm trying to find an out of print book dealing with Newport but to date have had no success, however I did come across this article titled: "Sin City Revisited"
It's a well written piece that contains a lot of info and excerpts from the very book I'm searching for.
Posted by mrchipper at June 21, 2004 01:46 AM