This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZkB.2ACI/1967.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Good post. Lots of info there, for folks that want to research further. I was told by my dad about the Balinese and other places on the piers at Galveston, before the crackdown that resulted in all of the gaming devices being taken out in the Bay and dumped overboard. He and friends frequented those spots in the 1930s. Of course, anyone that was raised in the DFW area during the 1930-70 period should be aware of all of the Jacksboro Hwy. shennanagins. In the 1920-40 period, there was also a group of bad guys in East Dallas, who were referred to as the Lakewood Rats. Fred