Corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets, 1963

ID: 3946 ~ Source: The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carré Digital Survey at The Historic New Orleans Collection, acc. no. N-2181.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

O. Henry's former home became the site of The Vieux Carré Restaurant, and is currently the location of the Bourbon Cowboy bar.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

By Woody Brown

In February 1896, William Sydney Porter was indicted for embezzlement of funds from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas, where he had been recently employed. In July of that year, instead of…