Crofton, three wealthy speculators (dubbed the 'Border Barons' by the media) bankrolled the development of an entire resort - Agua Caliente – to accommodate the urge of louche conviviality.īowman, an Arizonan, was the lynchpin of the development.
That’s exactly what happened when three auspicious Americans saw prosperous opportunity for entertainment over the border in Mexico, away from the crippling regulations of prohibition in the USA. When the market for pleasure dries up in one stretch of playground, another usually emerges where one least expects it to.
