

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dark Days of Illinois History: Prohibition
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Both in person and zoom.
FREE Zoom link
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/G8AVHFoQS3-VTBu36ZrafA

Explore the dark side of Illinois history with a thrilling look at Prohibition, when infamous criminals turned the state into their own playground of shootouts, heists, and hideouts. Rare photographs and little-known stories reveal the shadowy legacy of Illinois’s most notorious “businessmen.”

Kathi Kresol has been researching the area's history for almost 20 years for her column in The Rock River Times, “Voices from the Grave.” She has two solo books published including, "Murder and Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois" and "Haunted Rockford, Illinois".
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rockford/dark-days-of-illinois-history-prohibition/200029624454700
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 156

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029624454700?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rockford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rockford
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Rockford Public Library
- **lat**: 42.267626890156
- **long**: -88.985645925437
- **full address**: Rockford Public Library, 6685 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108-2543, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society (https://allevents.in/org/winnebago-and-boone-counties-genealogical-society/13088441)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Rockford Public Library, 6685 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108-2543, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Dark Days of Illinois History: Prohibition ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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