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

At midnight on April 7, 1933, whistles blew to celebrate the return of legalized beer in the heart of the Coal Region.
"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."
A sweet dessert helped save America's oldest brewery from disappearing during Prohibition.
A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.