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Prohibition

The day beer returned to Schuylkill County – 1933

Posted on May 8, 2020May 7, 2020 by Jake Wynn

At midnight on April 7, 1933, whistles blew to celebrate the return of legalized beer in the heart of the Coal Region.

Posted in Pottsville, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1933, Beer, Coal Region, Great Depression, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Pottsville Republican, Prohibition, Schuylkill County, YuenglingLeave a comment

“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County

Posted on February 6, 2020February 3, 2020 by Jake Wynn

"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."

Posted in Coal Region, Schuylkill CountyTagged 18th Amendment, 1933, Coal Region, Depression, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, Liquor, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Pottsville Republican, Prohibition, Schuylkill County, Yuengling1 Comment

“Ice cream unrivaled” – How Yuengling survived Prohibition

Posted on February 10, 2019May 30, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A sweet dessert helped save America's oldest brewery from disappearing during Prohibition.

Posted in Pottsville, Schuylkill CountyTagged Beer, Brewing, Coal Region, Great Depression, Ice Cream, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Prohibition, Schuylkill County, Yuengling2 Comments

A ‘wet’ Christmas in the Coal Region during Prohibition

Posted on December 11, 2018December 17, 2018 by Jake Wynn

A reporter for the Hazleton Plain Speaker interview bootleggers to get a scoop on the booze situation in 1926.

Posted in Coal Region, Luzerne CountyTagged 1920s, 1926, Christmas, Coal Region, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Prohibition2 Comments

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