Prohibition Detroit – Page 2 – A blog by Mickey Lyons

March 27 / Mickey Lyons / Canadian Whisky

Walker in a Whisky Wonderland Part 1: Hiram Walker and Canadian Club, 1816-1880

The last time I wrote about a precious Prohibition resource shutting down, it had a…

December 3 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

On Saturday, December 16, 1933 Michigan Governor William Comstock returned to his Detroit hotel after…

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…

October 31 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

It’s 1:30 pm on Halloween as I write this, so let’s pause for a moment…

October 31 / Mickey Lyons / Uncategorized

Well, my last post only managed to get us up to around 1906, so we’ll…

October 27 / Mickey Lyons / Uncategorized

Detroiters seriously love Halloween, and for good reason. From the days of the Nain Rouge,…

UPDATE 6/27: I just got off the phone with Tony Nichols, property manager for the…

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

March 30 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

Happy anniversary to Prohibition Detroit! It’s hard to believe I launched this site a year…

March 13 / Mickey Lyons / Detroit History

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