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Iowa's Prohibition & Bootlegging Legacy

Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details

Join Iowa historical fiction writer, Ann Hanigan Kotz, as she takes you through the early
20th Century in her program, Iowa’s Prohibition & Bootlegging Legacy. You’ll discover the
state’s Prohibition journey along with why many families turned to bootlegging. Ann
takes you through the distant past, beginning with the murder of a pastor in Sioux City,
the tarring of an official by the Iowa City Beer Mafia, the rumrunning of Iowa’s infamous
rye whiskey in Templeton, and ending with the current exploits of today’s underground
whiskey business.