The Ohio County Public Library (OCPL) in
Wheeling is introducing a new series called the “Summer Reading Coffee House”
to supports its summer reading program for adults. The national theme for adult
summer reading this year is “Groundbreaking Reads.” All OCPL Summer Reading
Coffee House programs will feature free samples of gourmet coffee and pastries
provided by Wheeling Coffee and Spice Company.
The first program in the series, “Bootlegging, Speakeasies and the Underground Booze Business in Wheeling,” will be held on Thursday, July 11 at 7:00 PM and will feature a joint presentation by local historian Hal Gorby, who specializes in Wheeling’s Progressive Era history, and Wheeling Park History teacher Ryan Stanton, who specializes in Henry Schmulbach, Anton Reymann and Wheeling’s great breweries. Stanton will provide a nutshell history of brewing in Wheeling, exploring why Wheeling was such a hard drinking town, how the prohibition movement affected the breweries, and what they did after prohibition. Gorby will focus on the variety of illegal activity by certain Wheeling immigrant groups as well as the coercive Americanization of the Prohibition movement in the early 1920s.
The first program in the series, “Bootlegging, Speakeasies and the Underground Booze Business in Wheeling,” will be held on Thursday, July 11 at 7:00 PM and will feature a joint presentation by local historian Hal Gorby, who specializes in Wheeling’s Progressive Era history, and Wheeling Park History teacher Ryan Stanton, who specializes in Henry Schmulbach, Anton Reymann and Wheeling’s great breweries. Stanton will provide a nutshell history of brewing in Wheeling, exploring why Wheeling was such a hard drinking town, how the prohibition movement affected the breweries, and what they did after prohibition. Gorby will focus on the variety of illegal activity by certain Wheeling immigrant groups as well as the coercive Americanization of the Prohibition movement in the early 1920s.
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