Spotlight on Prohibition in Oregon

Episode 729 of the Salem History Moment podcast, hosted by Kimberli Fitzgerald, titled "Spotlight on Prohibition in Oregon" was published on July 25, 2025 and runs 9 minutes.

July 25, 2025 ·9m · Salem History Moment

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100 years ago this week, on July 29, 1925, the first man from Marion County entered prison for violating prohibition laws. He was the first to be sentenced to the Oregon state prison. Amy Platt wrote “The Moon Shines on the Moonshine” An Oregon Bootlegging Story for the Oregon Historical Society in 2020 and she shares a story about a bootlegging adventure on the Oregon coast in 1932 which went awry and resulted in a prison break. To read more about this caper in 1932 as well as many others you can find their story (including mug shots) on the Oregon Secretary of State’s website called Booze and the Big House.

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