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Al Capone in Baja

gueribo - 3-8-2015 at 04:58 PM

A light-reading article about Al Capone's shenanigans in Baja.

http://www.theprovince.com/travel/trail+maybe+Capone+Baja+California/10723066/story.html


sargentodiaz - 3-10-2015 at 12:05 PM

Few people know the role Tijuana and a couple of other Baja towns played during Prohibition and the Roaring 20's.

The Hipodrome in Tijuana was actually part of a huge casino/hotel resort complex. Famous Big Bands played there and famous people from all over the world went there to enjoy themselves.

My foster mother, who had been a dancer in the Zigfield Follies, also danced at a large resort in Baja - I'm not sure where.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRj2-bC...