article_snippet.sent: These transactions formed the basis of a lucrative, illicit market that started in Butte, MontanaMontana, in 1920s, and grew until Gertrude Pitkanen decided to stop in the 1950s.
article_snippet.sent: Sue Docken was also sold for $500 in 1951 from on office building in Butte.
article_snippet.sent: Sue Docken went back to office building in Butte to see where the exchange unfolded.
article_snippet.sent: Pitkanen was born in 1878 and trained as a nurse and chiropractor before moving with Pitkanen husband Gustave Pitkanen to Butte.
article_snippet.sent: Pitkanen also made Pitkanen service available to prostitutes, an industry that was thriving in Butte at the time of Pitkanen operation.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gertrude Pitkanen started the illicit scheme in Butte, Montana in the 1920s .
  