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 ...

A retired English teacher and author from southwest Iowa is releasing her third book, this time focused on Iowa’s underground moonshining industry during the days of prohibition a century ago. Ann ...

The only true way to spend a night honoring the dark days of Prohibition is by drinking however many beers, glasses of wine or cocktails that you wish because, dammit, you can. However, the evening ...

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - In the 1920s and early 1930s, Atlantic Highlands held a special distinction. “It was considered to be the bootlegging capital of the eastern United States during Prohibition,” ...

At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors. Taps stopped flowing. People stockpiled their whiskey, beer and wine to weather the dry spell that would last 13 years.

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — On an October afternoon in 1930, federal agents unlocked a steel vault inside the Springfield federal building and began emptying its contents into a sink. They worked methodically.

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Wartime price and priority controls have already brought back an old U.S. institution: bootlegging. Patriotism alone will not suffice to enforce the new overall price ceiling announced by OPA this ...