"Moose" Helmy Went from Rum Runner to Fishing Charter Legend | Captain Judy Helmy
Savannah’s Prohibition story begins before national Prohibition. Georgia passed a statewide prohibition law in 1907, becoming the first southern state to do so, and Georgia remained dry until 1935, even after national repeal in 1933. Savannah…and the larger “Free State of Chatham,” however, remained “as dry as the middle of the Atlantic.” (or as wet as the highway on a king tide). On Tybee bars, bootleg liquor, gambling, and dancing led the economy even in the off season. Tybee is a place you can go to escape, and it was a place to escape legal action well before it was a fully-fledged resort…
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