Mark began cleaning up and restoring the area to it's former glory, in the process he uncovered many coll items, a turn of the century Whiskey bottle hidden behind a base board, a 58 star U.S. flag and numerous items left behind from Miss Hattie and the girls and a tunnel devised for the clandestine entry and exit of men that could be ruined by being associated with such a place.

I remember Mark searching Antique shops from border to border to find items authentic to the time period to complete the space, nothing Plastic or made of modern materials was to touch that space, Mark kept it authentic.

Mark then opened the space as a Museum, offering tours to those desiring a glimpse back into the day when as the Texas Highways states "For 50 years, soldiers, cowboys and travelers were attracted to a San Angelo institution, a brothel they knew simply as Miss Hatties"- Jack Lowry - March 1989 Texas Highways.

I finally got a chance to visit Mark and see Miss Hatties myself sometime around 2005, it was one of the coolest things I had ever seen, to stand in the quiet of the building all alone, close my eyes and imagine the sounds that had echoed through the historic halls was amazing... The laughter, the negations, the fighting, the creaking sound of the old beds under the weight of the worlds oldest occupation, the chatter of the working girls, the men trading stock and land at the poker table... wow.

I came home and told my Wife Chantel, "I want a Brothel".

See images I took of Miss Hatties below.