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  1. Alcohol remained legal in Mexico during Prohibition in the US, and that country was a major source of illegal alcohol distributed throughout Texas and beyond. This photo was taken on May 25, 1934 — less than six months after nationwide Prohibition ended.

  2. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has many items related to Prohibition, as well as earlier movements to ban alcohol in Texas and on-going efforts to legislate it since the 21st Amendment repealed the Volstead Act in 1933.

  3. During Prohibition, law enforcement on the border targeted tequileros fiercely and violently, causing the trade of alcohol across the border to effectively disappear before the end of national prohibition.

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  5. Texas. Local option; 7 dry counties, 53 wet counties, 194 counties mixed wet and dry (2016); legal hours for alcohol consumption are Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.-2:15 a.m., noon-2:15 a.m. Sunday; spirit distilleries may make up to 3,000 gallons a year for sale on premises, 3,500 gallons for off-premises sales; brewpubs may make 10,000 barrels of beer ...

  6. Aug 4, 2020 · The state amendment was not repealed until 1935, although the 21st Amendment to the U. S. Constitution effectively ended national Prohibition in 1933. After alcohol was legalized in Texas once again, the local option persisted as a means to combat the consumption of alcohol.

  7. As a result of 100 years of temperance agitation, the American cultural climate at the time Prohibition went into effect was deeply hostile to alcohol, and this antagonism manifested itself clearly through a wave of successful referenda on statewide prohibition.

  8. Temperance advocates did not always emphasize prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. But by the late 19th century, they did. The prohibition movement achieved initial successes at the local and state levels. It was most successful in rural southern and western states, and less successful in more urban states.

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