Lex Anteinternet: February 15, 1919. Wyoming passes its own Prohibition Act. . .

Friday, February 15, 2019

February 15, 1919. Wyoming passes its own Prohibition Act. . .

which would take effect on June 30 of 1919.

And for no good reason either.

You've read all about it, leading up to this date, but on this date. It was signed into law.

New Governor Robert Carey signed the bill with three pens, which he then gave to the Friends Of Dry Wyoming. The bill featured an unusual Saturday morning singing.

The Wyoming Star Tribune reported, in noting it, that; "The prohibition question is a closed question in Wyoming."

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We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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