In the decades that followed, The Boathouse reportedly hosted gangsters, weddings and Broadway ... was reportedly used to ...

Prohibition turned law-abiding citizens into criminals, made a mockery of the justice system, caused illicit drinking to seem glamorous and fun, encouraged neighborhood gangs to become national ...

Justine Harrington Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone, Frank Costello, George “Bugs” Moran and Charles "Lucky" Luciano are often associated with cities like Chicago and New York ...

During America’s Prohibition era and beyond, Alabamians needed places to imbibe out of sight of law enforcement officers. In many cases, drinkers were literally driven underground as caves ...

That Boess had to ask tells you plenty about how well it was working. When the Prohibition era in the United States began on January 19, 1920, a few sage observers predicted it would not go well.