Chicken Ranch: Prostitution in La Grange

Analyze the article Chicken Ranch by Walter Pilcher.

Institutionalized prostitution in La Grange can be traced back to 1844, when a widow, “Mrs. Swine,” brought three young women from New Orleans and settled in a small hotel near the saloon. What factors made the Chicken Ranch so successful (be specific)? Why were the local townspeople and the lawmen willing to look the other way, enabling the brothel to continue business as usual on a day-to-day basis?