Rosedale, Mississippi. 1985

Photo: Baldwin Lee

Rosedale Valley ravine

Houses in #Rosedale, #Queens.

You guys...Santa had to break up a fight at Rosedale just now

W 10th Street, Rosedale, Indiana.

Was a little early to work this morning so spent some time trying to capture the magnolias in bloom

SLSF413sKC8-73 by Joseph Blackwell Via Flickr: Frisco 413 was leading a train southbound out of Rosedale yard in Kansas City, KS.

Rosedale, North Yorkshire, England

Had a special guest at the store today!!

This is a zine I made of me and my partners day off in Toronto. We made a lot of friends today!

stylings of @cas-fulleditmode 's oc sasha, it's kinda hard with the lack of experimental fashion...

Rosedale, North Yorkshire, England

2024-04-06: Bootleggers (Faction)

Although Prohibition for most of the nation lasted from 1920 to 1933, Mississippi's version came much earlier and ended many years after the repeal of the national Prohibition. The state of Tennesse (just north of the Delta) likewise continued its policy of prohibition for several years after the national repeal. Thus, a robust bootlegging network was born across the river in Arkansas.

Despite Mississippi's vocal insistence on abstinence from alcohol, many parts of the Delta paid little mind to prohibition. In a bizarre twist, liquor stores advocated alongside religious leaders for prohibition on alcohol, though the liquor stores were doing it avoid having to pay taxes on their wares. Farm owners in the Delta were especially resistant to prohibition, as alcohol helped keep the workers happy.

Moonshine was typically distilled in makeshift stills on the western banks of the Mississippi River that weren't covered by levees in Arkansas. These were protected by a series of gun-toting bootleggers who would kill anyone unfamiliar on sight, though national prohibition eventually succeeded in driving out many of the land-based distillers.

Enterprising individuals instead began to outfit houseboats with stills to make booze on the move. Or they coordinated with organized crime groups up north (often out of Chicago) to arrange for boats loaded with spirits to find their way downriver to the Delta. There are even tales of some whiskey boats that have supernatural assistance on their side to either evade detection or just travel faster than the law.

Almost all the bootleg alcohol enters the state from the river. In the Delta, there are two main ports: Greenville and Rosedale. Greenville's still rebuilding its ports after the massive flooding caused by the levee break in 1927. That leads Rosedale as the primary point of entry for river-based bootlegging. The main problem for the bootleggers in Rosedale is a temperance-minded woman named Florence W. Sillers. Even though boats carrying alcohol can stay on the Arkansas side of the river where alcohol is legal, Florence has friends in high places who keep watch for suspected transportation of alcohol.

If Florence and her lackeys can be avoided long enough to unload a boat, the bootleggers whisk the cargo into automobiles and trucks for transport to the rest of the state.

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A surprising amount of this post comes directly from Florence W. Sillers' own account of the time period as published in History of Bolivar County, Mississippi. I found an excerpt of it online, but you might have some problems downloading the file since it's not hosted on a website protected by HTTPS.

A street corner in #Rosedale, #Queens.

womp womp the last MyPillow mall store has closed

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