"Ladies Of The Evening" Rock
Nevada City, California
Nevada City, northeast of Sacramento, started as a 19th century gold mining camp and grew into a crowded boom town, with its share of popular brothels. "The Ladies of the Evening" monument next to the National Hotel fondly remembers this invaluable Gold Rush service.
The plaque mounted on the boulder reads in part:
""The Ladies of the Evening - To commemorate that ubiquitous segment of society who have been unacknowledged; who though obscure, made an essential contribution to the settlement of the West."
The plaque was created by the history-appreciating, fraternal wags of E Clampus Vitus, and dedicated on October 7, 1972.