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Early life[edit]
Silks was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1845 to Henry and Sarah Nimon. The family moved to Erie Indiana in 1850. Some time between 1860 and 1865, Mattie left her family home and traveled to Kansas. Having worked as a prostitute in Abilene, Texas and Dodge City, Kansas, she became madam of a brothel in Springfield, Illinois in 1865 at the age of 19. She became one of the best known madams in the west, having brothels in Dodge City, Georgetown, Colorado and Denver, Colorado, where demand for women was high due to the Colorado gold rushes.Being bold is important on Wikipedia. Being bold is important on Wikipedia.