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Going Dry: Pre-Prohibition Lake County

Diana Dretske, Curator, Bess Bower Dunn Museum
Al Westerman, Independent Scholar

Prior to Prohibition, there was a united effort to impose temperance at the local level. This presntation discussed the history of pre-Prohibition efforts to elinimate saloons and prevent consumption of alcoholic beverages in Lake County from the 1840s to 1910s.

Recorded November 2, 2019 at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum

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