Born in Lucca Sicula, Sicily, Pete Carlino and his brother Sam arrived in America October 11, 1897 in New Orleans LA. on passage from the French ship Chateau Yquem departing from Palermo Sicily. The Carlino's moved to Walsenburg in the early 1900's to farm the rich soils of Southern Colorado. The family struggled as farmers for many years. In 1916 Colorado enacted their own form of prohibition 4 years before the Volstead Act would outlaw alcohol consumption across the entire country.