Speakeasies of the USA Specifications
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Years ago, I was inspired to write a book titled Guide to the Saloons of Colorado.
Years ago, I was inspired to write a book titled Guide to the Saloons of Colorado. I had just moved to the state of Colorado, and have a fascination with the miners, cowboys, ranchers, the Native Americans. And I am also fascinated with the saloons that provided the social gathering places for the westward expansion of the United States.
The prohibition movement occurred in various forms for decades before it became an amendment to the Constitution in 1920. There were organizations like the American Temperance Society, the Methodist church, the Prohibition Party, the Womens Christian Temperance Union, to name a few. There were many others as well, including the Anti-Saloon League.