Even small towns like Blanding had problems with bootleggers during the Prohibition Era. Period photograph is of the Grayson Co-op. USHS collections.
^^Practically Free from the Taint of the Bootlegger'': A Closer Look at Prohibition in Southeastern Utah BY JODY BAILEY AND ROBERT S. MCPHERSON
enjoys a colorful and exciting heritage from the Prohibition Era.* While much of the illegal activity of making, selling, and consuming alcohol centered around the urban U T A H , LIKE MANY WESTERN STATES,
Ms. Bailey, a graduate of the College of Eastern Utah-San Juan Campus, is currently a student at the University of Utah. Dr. McPherson teaches at the College of Eastern Utah-San Juan Campus. 1 Appreciation is expressed to the Utah Endowment for the Humanities for funding the collection of oral histories through the Blue Mountain Shadows Project (1987). Much of the material contained herein was gathered because of U E H support.
