Thursday, March 19, 2026

Question: After a prohibition ordinance passed in 1896, a network of underground tunnels in what Colorado city turned into a smuggling hub for bootleggers?

Answer: Fort Collins outlawed alcohol in 1896, decades before the federal Prohibition era began in 1920. To meet the city’s now-illicit demand, bootleggers used a system of tunnels underneath Old Town to transport, sell, and serve alcohol in “sampling rooms.”