All posts tagged "Prohibition"
-
8.8K1Crime and ScandalProhibition in Vermont and the Legend of Catherine Dillon
Prohibition in Vermont started early. Liquor officially became illegal in parts of Vermont in the early 1800s, with towns demanding the right...
-
19.9K2Crime and ScandalThe Mysterious Disappearance of Danny Walsh, the Lost Irish Gangster from Rhode Island
Before the Italian-American community (much to the chagrin of many) was branded as the face of organized crime, Irish Americans had their...
-
6.4K1ConnecticutNine New England Tax Resisters
Abolition, war and injustice have inspired tax resisters in New England since even before the American Revolution. And well after the American...
-
19.2K1ConnecticutThe Six Places That Suffered the Coldest Temperature Ever in a New England State
New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s grandmother once said, “Thirty below this morning. Seems like it might get cold.” It does get cold...
-
5.3KConnecticutThe Prohibition Era Begins in Litchfield, Conn. in 1789
In 1789, Ephraim Kirby, Jebediah Strong, David Buel and more than 100 of their neighbors decided to swear off strong drink. They...
-
10.1K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveWinston Titus, 18, Killed for Driving Beer Over the Border
Northern Vermonters who knew Winston Titus thought of him as a good kid from a fine family of farmers. They probably didn’t...
To Top
