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Tagged with "Prohibition"

  • Businessman. Recollections about prohibition in Cooke County, Texas. Bootlegging; repeal of Prohibition; obtaining the Schlitz franchise; development of his beer distributorship.
  • His experiences producing whiskey during Prohibition in Denton County, Texas.
  • Farmer-rancher. His reminiscences about life in Denton, Texas, 1910-30; business activities around the city square and county courthouse; city streetcar service; identification of old Oak Street residences; Cascade Plunge swimming pool; forced…
  • For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Homemaker. Her reminiscences of life on the Scott Jacobs Farm, Denton County, Texas, 1920-87. The purchase of the land by her grandfather, Clint Jacobs; her identification of implements and outbuildings…
  • BEAL, L. J. General sales manager, Spoetzl Brewery. Family and educational background; history of brewery and recollections of founder Kosmos Spoetzl; management of brewery by Celie Spoetzl; experiences as salesman for brewery; lobbying activities…