The Whiskey Wars was a very interesting reading that I feel most New Yorkers, or specifically Brooklynites know about. Apparently the vinegar hill area of Brooklyn was full of illegal distillery’s, were manufacturers were trying to avoid paying the federal tax at the time on alcohol. The 1860’s in Brooklyn was full of federal raids and riots on behalf the whiskey runners. I guess New Yorkers have always been trying to avoid pay taxes.

-Frank Smith