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In 1875, a Connecticut businessman named George Ives moved to Morehead City, North Carolina, to open a wholesale fish and oyster business. Ives owned an oyster keg and barrel factory in New Haven. The Ives family had a long history in New England’s oyster fishery, but by 1876, the natural oyster reefs of Long Island Sound and Great South Bay had been seriously depleted. Before Ives left Connecticut, he had two Long Island sharpies built and shipped by schooner to Washington,

Political poster for North Carolina's prohibition. Photo credit: NCPedia. In 1908, North Carolina was the first Southern state to pass...

2 of 3 on Prohibition In 1832, Washington, NC, resident and physician William Shaw delivered a series of lectures to the Washington...

1 of 3 on Prohibition North Carolina has had a long, contentious relationship with liquor, a relationship muddled by religion and...