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Snapshot in History : Prohibition

(above) Troop B of the NYState Troopers, known as the Gray Riders, was established to restore law and order to the North Country and to make the roads safe for law abiding citizens.

Prohibition started on January 16, 1920 and was repealed in June of 1932. Most bootleggers knew Prohibition was not popular with the general public and therefore did not feel they were lawbreakers. "Some (bootleggers) thought that driving without lights or plates shielded them from discovery at night, even though they created hazards for other travelers when they persisted in driving fifty miles an hour. Rumrunners learned to use cars with reinforced springs to support heavy loads. They found that they could wire liquor under the car, or conceal it behind or under seats, in tool boxes, and in spare tires or trunks. They rebuilt cars with false floors of tin through which lengthened pedals and shifting levers were devised; this created a space large enough to store twenty quarts of liquor." (Rum Across the Border by Allan S. Everest, 1978 Syracuse University Press, pg. 27)