Today In Wyoming's History: January 16:1920 Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect. Wyoming's politicians were surprisingly supportive of prohibition, even though the population began evading it from the onset of the Volstead Act.
This, of course, was the official arrival of permanent, or thought to be permanent, Prohibition under an amendment to the United States Constitution and the enabling act the Volstead Act. Wyoming, which was very supportive of Prohibition at first, helped push it over the top.
Indeed, by this point Wyoming was several months into state prohibition. Often forgotten, however, the enter country was now in "wartime" prohibition, which had passed during World War One ostensibly as a grain saving measure. As the US didn't ratify the Versailles Treaty, the war was technically still on and wartime prohibition still in effect. Therefore, the night prior wasn't a giant party by drinkers seeking one last legal drink. The sale of alcohol had been illegal for months.
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