Galveston's Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging and the Balinese Room march 25 When opening day arrives

When opening day arrives

crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society

Backed by the masses and her Southern Army

the oldest west of the Mississippi

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Galveston's Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging and the Balinese Room march 25 When opening day arrivesAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Galveston was a beacon of opportunity on the Texas Gulf Coast. Dubbed the Wall Street of the Southwest, its laissez faire reputation called those hungry for success to its shores. Led by brothers Salvatore and Rosario at the height of Prohibition, the Maceo family answered that call and changed the Oleander City forever. They built an island empire of gambling, smuggling and prostitution that lasted three decades.