Prohibition Night

Between 1920 and 1933 the cities, townships and remote villages in the Hudson Valley were safe havens for gangland distilleries, notorious bootleggers, speakeasies, murder and mayhem. In his spirited lecture Frank Marquette takes you to Dutch Schultz’s bunker and distillery in Pine Plains, the Barmann Brewery in Kingston and Friedman’s Hotel in Highland, both of which were the base of operations of notorious gangster Legs Diamond. The largely unknown role of “whiskey women” in the lucrative business of bootlegging will also be explored.