Prohibition in San Mateo County (at the Main San Mateo Public Library)
San Mateo Public Library (Main) 55 West 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA, United StatesFrom the San Mateo Public Library: Prohibition in San Mateo County In the 1930s, mobster Sam Termini called San Mateo County the most corrupt county in the state. With rumrunners landing Canadian whiskey on isolated beaches, moonshiners operating in homes and a multitude of speakeasies in every Peninsula community, the county earned a reputation as […]