Post by psychobarbie on Jun 3, 2016 23:08:39 GMT -5
The year is 1880 in the middle of the booming mining town that sprang up in the harsh south west desert of Utah. The conditions are never what people would call ideal, from sand storms to sudden torrents of rain without warning, the land is as unpredictable as the people. From all over the world, the lure of easy money and prospecting draw wandering souls in, the Gold and Silver Rush was a fever many couldn't shake.
With 23 saloons at it's peak, Frisco is known as the wildest town in the great basin, and with good reason.. Murder is common in this wild town, but do worry, the meat wagon makes runs every night to pick up the bodies. At least this way you won't have to deal with the stink of a dead body in the hot arid desert air. The Undertaker business is almost as booming as the silver mines themselves, and anyone with a fast mind and faster hands can make their fortune overnight, some becoming Silver Barons in the span of a few days... All it takes is a little luck... Or a little murder.
Stop by the Bird Cage to satisfy your more carnal desires or the Silver Bluff Saloon to get your drink and gambling fix. Frisco has everything a wild mining town needs with the railway nearby, bringing prostitutes and gamblers alike, and all of those who follow in their wake.
Illness and Medical Treatments are still in their infancy in a lot of things. The idea that germs and bacteria were real wasn't really a common knowledge, and many surgeries ran the risk of death from infection or other complications, sometimes worse that the actual injury. Dental practices were on the up and up though, and things like oral hygiene were becoming a good deal more popular, (thankfully!) though regular bathing was still seen as risky. Not to mention expensive. As they saying went, the Rich can buy soap, the poor can buy hope.
There was one thing that killed almost as surely as an accident in the mine...
Tuberculosis...
Sometimes called the Wasting Disease, others called it Consumption, but there was one thing that all could agree on. There was never a recovery. Some people it killed quickly, others it took years, slowly destroying them from the inside out as the disease caused them to cough their own lungs up over time. There were facilities that one could go to, 'health spa's' some were called, others were strictly Tuberculosis Treatment Centers. The treatments were cruel and unusual, and many died from the treatments as surely as they would have died from the disease itself, but a lot was discovered because of this so it was not without justification. As of this time, TB patients and sufferers were still quarantined, as only the wealthy could afford to be sent to places for care.
Farming or Ranching would be very hard in this area, though not impossible, many farm hands often stopping over in such areas for drinks and women on the cattle runs that raced around the America's.
Those Wishing to Create a Business or Other in the room, please leave your desires in the 'Child Board' area of this location, and the Room Owner and Staff will gladly look it over and decide if you are Frisco Material!
With 23 saloons at it's peak, Frisco is known as the wildest town in the great basin, and with good reason.. Murder is common in this wild town, but do worry, the meat wagon makes runs every night to pick up the bodies. At least this way you won't have to deal with the stink of a dead body in the hot arid desert air. The Undertaker business is almost as booming as the silver mines themselves, and anyone with a fast mind and faster hands can make their fortune overnight, some becoming Silver Barons in the span of a few days... All it takes is a little luck... Or a little murder.
Stop by the Bird Cage to satisfy your more carnal desires or the Silver Bluff Saloon to get your drink and gambling fix. Frisco has everything a wild mining town needs with the railway nearby, bringing prostitutes and gamblers alike, and all of those who follow in their wake.
Illness and Medical Treatments are still in their infancy in a lot of things. The idea that germs and bacteria were real wasn't really a common knowledge, and many surgeries ran the risk of death from infection or other complications, sometimes worse that the actual injury. Dental practices were on the up and up though, and things like oral hygiene were becoming a good deal more popular, (thankfully!) though regular bathing was still seen as risky. Not to mention expensive. As they saying went, the Rich can buy soap, the poor can buy hope.
There was one thing that killed almost as surely as an accident in the mine...
Tuberculosis...
Sometimes called the Wasting Disease, others called it Consumption, but there was one thing that all could agree on. There was never a recovery. Some people it killed quickly, others it took years, slowly destroying them from the inside out as the disease caused them to cough their own lungs up over time. There were facilities that one could go to, 'health spa's' some were called, others were strictly Tuberculosis Treatment Centers. The treatments were cruel and unusual, and many died from the treatments as surely as they would have died from the disease itself, but a lot was discovered because of this so it was not without justification. As of this time, TB patients and sufferers were still quarantined, as only the wealthy could afford to be sent to places for care.
Farming or Ranching would be very hard in this area, though not impossible, many farm hands often stopping over in such areas for drinks and women on the cattle runs that raced around the America's.
Those Wishing to Create a Business or Other in the room, please leave your desires in the 'Child Board' area of this location, and the Room Owner and Staff will gladly look it over and decide if you are Frisco Material!
