From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history o ffrontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon--the war over liquor. Between 1840 and 1916, the whisky wars of the West Coast were fought by historical heavyweights, including Matthew "Hanging Judge" Begbie and Wyatt Earp, and a contentious assortment of murderous whisky traders, angry Natives, corrupt policemen, patronage-loving politicians and trigger-happy drunks. Liquor was a serious and life-threatening issue in 19th ...
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From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history o ffrontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon--the war over liquor. Between 1840 and 1916, the whisky wars of the West Coast were fought by historical heavyweights, including Matthew "Hanging Judge" Begbie and Wyatt Earp, and a contentious assortment of murderous whisky traders, angry Natives, corrupt policemen, patronage-loving politicians and trigger-happy drunks. Liquor was a serious and life-threatening issue in 19th-century West Coast settlements. In 1864 Victoria, for example, there were at least 149 establishments to serve a thirsty population of only 6,500. Despite various prohibition efforts, the trade in alcohol flourished. Recreating British gunboat arrests, the evangelistic fervour of Billy Sunday and the tireless crusade of the Anti-Saloon League, author Rich Mole chronicles the first tempestuous and tragic struggles for and against having a drink in the Pacific Northwest.
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