At midnight on April 7, 1933, whistles blew to celebrate the return of legalized beer in the heart of the Coal Region.
The day beer returned to Schuylkill County – 1933
“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County
"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."
“Ice cream unrivaled” – How Yuengling survived Prohibition
A sweet dessert helped save America's oldest brewery from disappearing during Prohibition.
A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition
A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.
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