In Yadkin County of North Carolina during the 1890's and early 1900's,
there were numerous distilleries in the Flint Hill community according
to the Yadkin County Heritage book,published in 1981.
Flint Hill was located between Enon and East Bend, North Carolina.
Some of these distilleries were
Four of these distilleries incorporate into the township of Shore, NC:
NC Prohibition became law on January 1, 1909. The I.C. Shore distillery moved to Petersburg VA and remained there until Virginia prohition in 1916. Shore then moved to Jacksonville, FL. They are listed in the Jacksonville city directory in 1917 at 722 West Bay Street.
Below are some pictures of jugs and advertising from distilleries in the Shore NC area. All pics are courtesy of Corky Shore. For more info (including appraisals) about Shore jugs, contact Corky at:
Clarence "Corky" Shore
6975 Shallowford Rd.
Lewisville, NC 27023
(336) 945-5807
Email: shorejugs@yahoo.com
4 gallon I.C. Shore jug |
Valley Liquor post card |
Half gallon Yadkin Valley jug |
Another Valley Liquor post card |
Collection of jugs from Shore NC. |