“Judge Shaw hands bootleggers a nice, fat jolt!” proclaimed the Aspen Times on February 18, 1927. “Oh, mamma, Tuesday was a hard day for the heretofore saucy and nervy bootlegging gentry. Last Friday ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new “Bootleggers & Burnouts” self-guided drive trail will immerse visitors in the rich history of ...

This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal 100 years ago, the week of Dec. 12–16, 1916. Although prohibition has been in existence for a year in Colorado, not until within the past ...

NASCAR is the biggest name in stock car racing and an America tradition with roots dating back more than a century. The embodiment of America's love affair with the automobile, NASCAR is fast, ...

During Prohibition, bootlegging was big business in this corner of Northeast Florida, and moonshine stills were hidden all over, from the thickets of Palm Valley to the wilds of Clay County, from ...

On this day, Aug. 13, in 1930, Bessie Starkman, the only Jewish female underboss of a Prohibition era crime family, was gunned down in Ontario near the American border. Starkman’s husband, Rocco Perri ...

The bandits. Desperados who terrorized Big Bend ranches and settlements. The bootleggers. The shadows of the Big Bend who played a deadly cat and mouse game with lawmen. The businessmen. Ranchers, ...

This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal 100 years ago, the week of April 18-22, 1916. Colorado’s prohibition law is a most remarkable creation. It is convenient, accommodating ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — The Charles Bean family lived by the Connecticut River on Bridge Street over 100 years ago. Charles Bean Sr. married Mary Jane Tebo in ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new “Bootleggers & Burnouts” self-guided drive trail will immerse visitors in the rich history of moonshine production, stock car racing and mountain scenery, the ...