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Founded in the early 1800s, the town of La Grange is loaded with history, going back to the days of Texas s battles with Mexico. If this isnât ringing a bell, but images of Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton mysteriously pop into your head, maybe itâs because La Grange was home to the Chicken Ranch and the subject of
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. An illegal brothel running from the early 1900s to 1973, during the Great Depression, chickens were used as payment for services rendered. The âranchâ is in ruins now and sits on private property.