Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
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Sunday, October 16, 2016
Machine Gun in Prohibition Cars
Gun
Battle – Minot was also the home of many high speed
automobile chases in connection with the bootlegging activities. One national
magazine was quoted as saying “Minot has more high performance vehicles per
capita than any other city in America”. These powerful cars, Buicks at the
time, were the favored car of the bootleggers. One high speed chase resulted in
the arrest of the proprietor of the Last Chance Barbershop on Central Avenue.
In a shootout, whiskey-runner Avery Erickson was fatally shot by Officer F.S.
Fahler, who later died from wounds received in the same encounter. In 1921 when
state prohibition forces opened their northwest regional headquarters in Minot,
they announced that their cars would be equipped with Browning machine guns.
The office was closed a few years later
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