Talk:Julia Bulette

Inaccurate
This page is wrought with folklore. Author Susan James has researched and written on Julia Bulette and her findings completely contradict what is written in this article: http://www.onlinenevada.org/julia_bulette Edna Moss (talk) 20:22, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Change of meaning
I came to this page to correct a mis-spelling, but there is a significant change of emphasis between the lede and the main article

The lede says "she has been falsely described as proprietor of the most elegant and prosperous brothel in the City" but the body of the article states that she was such a proprietor.

The changes were made by User:Polentario in July 2010 who described one of his edits as "some major blunders corrected" but did not cite any references, whilst that user has not contributed since August 2010.

As the references are all to books, not the web, I cannot check them, but the amendment makes the article inconsistant, if not PoV. Arjayay (talk) 19:33, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out. I believe I have now removed all the unsourced and contradictory edits.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 19:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Discrepancies
The date of Bulette's arrival in Virginia City in one place contradicts the date given elsewhere, and the date cited for an event in Bulette's life.

"She was said to be the first unmarried white woman to arrive in the mining boomtown following the Comstock Lode silver strike in 1859, but that is    highly unlikely; she probably arrived in 1863.[2]"

"In about 1852 or 1853, she moved to California where she lived in various cities and towns until her arrival in 1859 in Virginia City, Nevada, a   mining boomtown since the Comstock Lode silver strike that same year."

"Julia's greatest triumph occurred when the firefighters made her an honorary member of Virginia Engine Number 1. On 4 July 1861, the firemen elected    her the Queen of the Independence Day Parade, and she rode Engine Company Number One's fire truck through the town wearing a fireman's hat and carrying    a brass fire trumpet filled with fresh roses, the firemen marching behind.[10]"

Likewise, the text on Bulette's income and housing is contradictory.

""Jule" Bulette lived and worked out of a small rented cottage near the corner of D and Union streets in Virginia City's entertainment district. An  independent operator, she competed with the fancy brothels, streetwalkers, and hurdy-gurdy girls for meager earnings. Contemporary newspaper accounts of   her gruesome murder captured popular imagination. With few details of her life, twentieth-century chroniclers elevated the courtesan to the status folk   heroine, ascribing to her the questionable attributes of wealth, beauty, and social standing. In reality, Bulette was ill and in debt at the time of her   death. The brutal attack that ended her life pointed to the violence that surrounded the less fortunate members of Victorian-era society.[2]"

"Julia's Palace

With her earnings, Julia was able to build a magnificent brothel in the rococo design. She named it Julia's Palace, and it was the largest, and most prosperous brothel in Virginia City. She had staffed the brothel with beautiful girls imported from San Francisco, served French cuisine and wines, dressed herself and her girls in the latest Parisian fashions. She was also a good friend to the miners, who adored her.[8] One described her as having "caressed Sun Mountain with a gentle touch of splendor".[8] Julia stood by her miners in times of trouble and misfortune, once turning her Palace into a   hospital after several hundred men became ill from drinking contaminated water. She nursed the men herself.[9] Once when an attack by Indians appeared imminent, Julia chose to remain behind with the miners instead of seeking shelter in Carson City."

"Julia appeared regularly in the streets of Virginia City, clad in costly sables and jewels, driving a lacquered brougham which bore a painted      Escutcheon on the panel which was four aces crowned by a lion couchant.[8]"

Jonxwood (talk) 04:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Jon Wood

Another discrepancy
As she was the only woman in the area, she became greatly sought after by the miners.

But then: ...she competed with the fancy brothels, streetwalkers, and hurdy-gurdy girls for meager earnings.

It can only be one or the other. Valetude (talk) 15:13, 6 April 2019 (UTC)