Category: Non-Detroit Prohibition

December 2 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

“Pint of Gin Lifers”: Poor Fred Palm and Michigan’s Strange Prohibition Enforcement

It’s coming up on Repeal Day again. That is, the official National Repeal Day. Since…

August 26 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

Let’s take a trip to Old Detroit. Fair warning: there may be a bit of…

Earlier today, to my shock and dismay, I used the Word Thesaurus tool just to try…

November 29 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

Repeal Day WOOHOO! Even while I’m gearing up for all sorts of fun events to celebrate National Repeal Day on…

Ladies and gentlemen, for your edification today I present to you a most revolutionary, equalizing…

March 13 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

In a town full of proud Poles and quite a few other ethnicities, sometimes I…

February 25 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

A very brief note to pop in and say that I’ve spent several weeks trying…

December 24 / Mickey Lyons / Christmas

Happy Holidays from Hamtramck, where I’ve spent the last bit digging deep into partying history.…

November 23 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

A quick digression from the guest bar tending posts to talk actual history here. Repeal…

October 8 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

Hamtramck is the center of the universe. And I’m not just saying that because I…