During Prohibition, South Florida was a hotbed for the smuggling of illegal liquor, and Pompano was no exception.

It is alleged that at nighttime boats bringing booze from the Bahamas would slip in through the Hillsboro Inlet and then up the Pompano canal to off-load their cargo.

According to one resident at the time, bootleg liquor was packed among the crates of vegetables on freight trains for shipment north.