A Liquor Legacy: One Family’s Whiskey Wars in Colorado
Date: July 10, 2024
Time:
7 to 8 p.m.
Cost:
Free for Museum Members or with Museum Admission
The grandson of a notorious Colorado bootlegger reveals his family’s story from the rise of Prohibition to the bloody end of its underworld empire. Sam Carlino tells the gripping tale of his grandfather, Pete Carlino, and great-uncle, Sam Carlino, who controlled the flow of illegal alcohol from southern Colorado to Denver from 1922 to 1931. With intimate photos and new revelations, author Sam Carlino sheds light on a dark chapter in Colorado history.
A book signing of Colorado’s Carlino Brothers: A Bootlegging Empire will follow the program.