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- For decades, Monmouth was a dry town that banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in supermarkets, restaurants and bars.
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For decades, Monmouth was a dry town that banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in supermarkets, restaurants and bars. Monmouth's status as the last dry town in Oregon was ended by a popular vote in the November 2002 election.
Monmouth (/ ˈmɒnməθ / MON-məth or / ˈmʌn -/ MUN-; Welsh: Trefynwy, lit. 'Town on the Monnow') is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, two miles (three kilometres) from the Wales–England border.
Nov 15, 2015 · MONMOUTH HAD BEEN a dry town since its earliest founding back in the late 1850s — until 2002, bone-dry. The town was settled by a religious community of members of the Disciples of Christ Church from Monmouth, Ill., who arrived in 1852 and started mapping out a Christian Utopia in the wilderness.
May 17, 2018 · Monmouthshire was the most border of all counties, straddling England and Wales throughout its 400 years' history. It was bisected by the Usk, the Monnow, from which its name derived, forming the northern boundary, the Wye its eastern, and the Rhymney the western.
Nov 20, 2002 · Monmouth, Ore., voters ended a temperance law in existence since 1858. Loss of the town's only market was pivotal.
In Monmouth, Oregon, those stories were about the town’s most distinguishing feature: prohibition. Monmouth was the last dry town on the West Coast. In 2002, Monmouth residents voted to allow beer and wine sales.
Jun 22, 2022 · Monmouth had been a dry town since its earliest founding back in the late 1850s — until 2002, bone-dry. The town was settled by a religious community of members of the Disciples of Christ Church from Monmouth, Ill., who arrived in 1852 and started mapping out a Christian Utopia in the wilderness.
