Prohibition ended in 1933, but Malone ‘s last hurrah with it came in the summer of 1935 when the gangster Dutch Schultz came to town. Schultz, whose real name was Arthur Flegenheimer , made his fortune bootlegging . He dodged $92,000 in taxes on $481,000 income. He said he was told he didn’t have to pay taxes on it …[ read more ]

1931 Packard 833: it’d be a shame to shoot up this beauty. Information for this article was found in: Mooney, Elizabeth C. “War on Rum Road.” Adirondack Life . November 1980. Buffoonery in Rumrunning ? Yes, some of the things people did in the name of booze was quite funny. And there were no shortages of risk takers …[ read more ]

1930 Model “A” Ford – Deluxe Fordor Blindback #170-B (Photo credit: Timothy Wildey ) Wending my way to Ellenburg, I run into an old friend, Sgt. Martin (or whatever you call the border guys). He sports Elvis-styled sideburns and a gun. Yikes. You know I stop, not because I’m an Elvis fan. We meet on a regular basis–either …[ read more ]

     Wending my way to Ellenburg , I run into an old friend, Sgt. Martin (or whatever you call the border guys). He sports Elvis-styled sideburns and a gun. Yikes. You know I stop, not because I’m an Elvis fan. We meet on a regular basis–either on Rt. 11 of 190.    Fortunately, Sgt. Elvis isn’t interested …[ read more ]

Image by jimmywayne via Flickr      Malone, NY, I do love thee…but have you learned the tyranny of the quick fix? We look for easy ways out of problems and so we bring in prisons. Oh the economy will revive.     Nope. Just brought in prison families and lots of convicts who clog the judicial system.     We …[ read more ]