Rebel History
A podcast shining light on the shadows of history and the rebels who dwell there.
This is a story of rebels. Long heard as whispered tales and half rememberings, a tale imbued with spirits… Those of rowdy pioneers and those far more ancient, who dwell amongst the misty forests.
100 years ago, in 1920, the beauty of the Puget Sound lent backdrop to an epic saga. Fire and brimstone prohibitionists had succeeded in their quest to outlaw alcohol. For the hardworking industrious folks who called Seattle home, that simply wouldn’t do.
Ambitious men took to the waters of the Puget Sound, paying a visit North of the border to purchase alcohol from their Canadian neighbors. In the dead of night, on stormy seas they’d ‘jump the line’, darting in and out of coves, wary of prowling Coast Guard ships.
