"On one level of the spectrum there are good stories. On the other end of the spectrum there's good history, said Steve Minnear, a local historian. Good stories are more interesting, but they tend to be incredibly inaccurate."
According to historians, it is likely that there was some crime the Tri-Valley would have been the primary alcohol smuggling corridor. Most people were only there temporarily, and any transient town of that era had an element of lawlessness. But that history is a far cry from the legends of the most desperate town in the West.
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