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==Business activities==
==Business activities==
As a young man, Jackson enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and was assigned to an all-black unit. He was assigned with the Buffalo Soldiers to Fort Concho in [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]] in Tom Green County in west Texas. At the time, San Angelo was known as a "resort for desperate character," at which sixteen saloons sold an average of 19.4 gallons of [[whisky]] per male resident annually.<ref name=gjackson>"George B. Jackson, Black (or African-American) Businessman, Rancher, and Entrepreneur," Lecture by Suzanne O. Campbell, former head of the West Texas Collection at Angelo State University, at the annual meeting of the West Texas Historical Association in [[Lubbock]], April 2, 2011.</ref>
As a young man, Jackson enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and was assigned to an all-black unit. He was assigned with the Buffalo Soldiers to Fort Concho in [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]] in Tom Green County in west Texas. At the time, San Angelo was known as a "resort for desperate character," at which sixteen saloons sold an average of 19.4 gallons of [[whisky]] per male resident annually.<ref name=gjackson>"George B. Jackson, Black (or African-American) Businessman, Rancher, and Entrepreneur," Lecture by Suzanne O. Campbell, at the annual meeting of the West Texas Historical Association in [[Lubbock]], April 2, 2011.</ref>
By 1875, Jackson was discharged from the Army at Fort Duncan on the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border in Eagle Pass, Texas. He began operating a saloon and brothel in San Angelo. In an event typical of the rough frontier town, Josephine Thompson in 1879 stabbed buffalo soldier Albert Ford to death in Jackson's saloon. Twice annually, Jackson paid $25 to police to protect his operation of the brothel. The police typically charged prostitutes $2.50 twice per year for "vagrancy." Otherwise, the business flourished without police interference.<ref name=gjackson/>
By 1875, Jackson was discharged from the Army at Fort Duncan on the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border in Eagle Pass, Texas. He began operating a saloon and brothel in San Angelo. In an event typical of the rough frontier town, Josephine Thompson in 1879 stabbed buffalo soldier Albert Ford to death in Jackson's saloon. Twice annually, Jackson paid $25 to police to protect his operation of the brothel. The police typically charged prostitutes $2.50 twice per year for "vagrancy." Otherwise, the business flourished without police interference.<ref name=gjackson/>