Jeffersonville, Indiana

==== "Little Las Vegas" ====
[[File:Jeffersonville, Indiana City Hall.jpg|thumb|220px|City Hall in the Quadrangle complex]]
In the 1930s and 1940s, gambling was instrumental in Jeffersonville's recovery from the [[Great Depression]] and the Flood of 1937. This earned the town the nickname "Little [[Las Vegas]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=West|first=Gary|title=Club Greyhound had many colorful characters, stories|url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/community/club-greyhound-had-many-colorful-characters-stories/article_9f159709-c531-5da2-90c9-4998954c8853.html|access-date=October 7, 2021|website=Bowling Green Daily News|date=August 5, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007194916/https://www.bgdailynews.com/community/club-greyhound-had-many-colorful-characters-stories/article_9f159709-c531-5da2-90c9-4998954c8853.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During this time, Jeffersonville attracted the likes of [[Clark Gable]], [[John Dillinger]], [[Al Capone]], and others. After Clarence Amster, a [[New Albany, Indiana|New Albany]] resident was gunned down on July 2, 1937, public sentiment turned against gambling and the mobsters it brought. In 1938, James L. Bottorff was elected judge and announced that gambling would not be tolerated. The Club Greyhound, a major dog racing track known for fixing races, was raided and closed within a year, with others soon following.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BOYLE|first=JOHN|title=NOW AND THEN: Goons, gambling, Greyhounds in Little Las Vegas|url=https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/now-and-then-goons-gambling-greyhounds-in-little-las-vegas/article_7ec5fc96-d7ce-11e9-a036-63975d1c7c00.html|access-date=October 7, 2021|website=News and Tribune|date=September 15, 2019|language=en|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007194706/https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/now-and-then-goons-gambling-greyhounds-in-little-las-vegas/article_7ec5fc96-d7ce-11e9-a036-63975d1c7c00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>