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Hiram Walker
came to Windsor in
1856
His whiskey
company became
very successful
Willistead Park
Walker family
home
Since donated to
the town of
Walkerville
Devonshire Lodge
Built by rum
runner Harry Low
in 1928
Bought in the
1950s by Paul
Martins family
Illegal Bars
Illegal bars called speakeasies or blind pigs
sprang up across the USA and Canadian
border cities
Were designed to disguise their illegal
nature
Several located in the Windsor area
Our local border became known as the
Windsor-Detroit funnel
American federal agents such as Izzy and
Moe tried to find and close these bars
Results of Prohibition
Criminal gangs fought for
control of the alcohol
trade
Canadian government
made a lot of tax $ off the
alcohol sold to Americans
It became socially
acceptable for women to
drink
People drank more
People lost respect for the
law
Prohibition had failed
Modern Day Prohibition?
There are many parallels
between the war on drugs
and prohibition during the
1920s
Some argue that the
prohibited nature of illegal
drugs increases use and
criminal activity
Some argue the government
should control production
and sale of drugs like it does
with alcohol
Others strongly disagree
with this proposal