Boom Town: Detroit in the Roaring ‘20s

From the dust and smoke of the nineteenth century, Detroit burst into the national spotlight in the early twentieth century. The automobile business was at full throttle, resulting in a city that grew faster than any other on the continent. Adding to the excitement, national Prohibition created a demand for alcohol that our Canadian neighbors gladly addressed. Rumrunning became the region’s second largest industry. Conventions loved Detroit, and so did organized crime. Boom town meets the Wild West.

Join Bob Sadler, the Society's Director of Marketing and Sales, at the Caroline Kennedy Library in Dearborn Heights for this exciting talk. Additional program and registration information will be available at http://tln.lib.mi.us/md/dhtn.