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Canton was linked to 1924 Chicago gangland slaying
The 1924 slaying of Dean 'Dion' O'Banion in Chicago had ties to Stark County, and launched a five-year mob war.
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A Journey through Time: The Roaring Twenties speakeasy! (Purveyor of ‘forbidden cocktails’)
In October of 1919, the 66th U. S. Congress enacted what has become known as the Volsted Act, which was designed to establish ...
Phoenix was once a small farming town. See how the city grew up in these historical photos
The 20th Century in metro Phoenix was marked by major growth. The Arizona Republic documented the growth of farming towns ...
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Women's Role in Prohibition: From Temperance to the 21st Amendment
The Prohibition era in the United States, spanning from 1920 to 1933, is often characterized by speakeasies, gangsters, and ...
How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise of the New York Mafia: ‘Everyone paid. Those who didn’t were offed’
Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture ...
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Brewery hosts Prohibition-era murder mystery
The event will have food and drinks available for purchase. Participants will be immersed in the height of the 1920s in Prohibition-era Chicago, where a mob war is brewing between the South Side ...