Fortine author Darris Flanagan on May 19 will describe a time when locals would sit on hills in the Eureka area and watch the headlights of revenuers chasing rum-runners. Based on research for his ...

Photograph shows men of Smith's Company of the Texas Rangers posed behind barrels of confiscated bootleg liquor. Nov. 9, 1922 near Tyler, Texas. (UTSA Libraries Special Digital Collections) ...

A century ago, Harford County was swimming in spirits. Prohibition was law but, in Maryland’s outlier counties, liquor flowed. Moonshiners ran stills in the old barns and deep woods, and bootleggers ...

The 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1920. It banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol within the United States. It was one of the dumbest constitutional ...

The Prohibition era lasted from 1920 to 1933 and was one of the most fascinating periods in American history. During this time, the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages were banned ...