Pearl de Vere (October 1859 – June 5, 1897), known as the "soiled dove of Cripple Creek", was a 19th-century prostitute and madam, and owner of one of the most famed and exclusive brothels in the American Old West.

[2] By 1887 she had moved to El Paso County, Colorado, where she married Albert Young, but the couple lived apart.

During this period, DeVere dyed her hair red, wore fine clothes and jewellery and used the names Isabelle Martin and Mrs. E.A.

"Mrs. Martin", as she had been known previously, changed her name to Pearl de Vere, and began working as a prostitute in Cripple Creek in 1893.

[4] De Vere had purchased a small frame house on Myers Avenue, from which her business would operate.

[7] De Vere catered to the most prosperous men in Cripple Creek, and her brothel soon became the most successful in town.

With money borrowed from Orinda Straile of New York, she opened The Old Homestead in 1896, a two-story brick building,[6] decorated with lavish carpets, hardwood furniture, and electric lamps.

The Cripple Creek City Directory listed a cook, housekeeper, two chamber mai, two butlers, and a musician as employees of the house.

[9] De Vere held lavish parties with fine food and champagne to bring in clients, and charged $250 per night.

[10] On June 4, 1897, she held a large party sponsored by a wealthy admirer which included the best wine and caviar.

[11] The two reportedly had an argument, after which the gentleman stormed back to Denver, and Pearl told her girls that she was going up to bed.

[13] Being a well-liked figure, many of the townspeople and miners, sought to make arrangements for her burial until a letter arrived in the mail from the gentleman who had given Pearl her gown.