We were never bootleggers (at least not that we'll confess to) but there definitely was one in our town.

Even before prohibition began in the United States in 1920, he became a bootlegger. Illegal whiskey was imported from Canada and landed on the beach of the Pacific Ocean. It was then transported to his house for storage. During the restoration of the house by the local historical society, four large jugs were discovered embedded in a concrete wall in the basement. The basement was dug long after the house was built in 1880. The whiskey was then retailed through a drug store on Main Street. People would come to the drug store complaining of a bad knee, grippe or some other malady and the druggist would sell them some "tonic" to cure their ailment.

Bev and Jerry