Tag: Gambling
The Club Trocadero was located in the area between Evansville, IN and Henderson, KY known as “the Strip. Clarence Wood was considered the boss gambler of this area…
“The Henderson Crusade was written by Charles E Dietze, who retired after sixteen years as Regional Minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in North Carolina. He…
The Courier-Journal January 31, 1943 Citizens Say ‘No Gambling and Gamblers Say ‘No Dice’ Trocadero and The Dells Courier Journal
Ellis Park was built by the Green River Jockey Club in 1922. The race track was first named after the famous race starter A. B. Barrett Dade, a…
The Dells was a road house on waterworks road, located North of the Ohio river but in Henderson county, an area known as “no man’s land.” It was…
The Trocadero, also known as “The Troc,” was one of the largest and most elaborate nightclubs in the area. Opened by Clarence Wood in 1939 and located on…
