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Before the cave was purchased for study and preservation, it was used as a party palace. In the late 19th century, before Prohibition began, Shelta Cave was the site of parties and underground ...

Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But the ...