Business College

Minot College of Business 1969 – at one time located in Downtown Minot, the Minot College of Business was located at 234 14^th Ave SE – next to the south end of the Rosehill Cemetary – the building was the former Sacred Heart Academy and is now apartments – the goals of the College of Business  at the time were to teach evening computer classes to MAFB personnel – Become a Junior College and establish a Merchandising and Salesmanship course – 

JJ Newberry and More

Businesses from the 1960’s – 1970’s – Minot Drug – 16 South Main Street – ….. Singer Sewing Center – 104 South Main St. --- the factory store for Singer products – Sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and electric scissors ….. Coast to Coast Store – in 1972 it was located in the south end of the Arrowhead Shopping Center – hardware store and more ….. Jupiter Discount Store --  8 South Main St – the forerunner of Kmart Stores …. Star Banner Service – 1205 North Broadway – full service gas station and dealer for General Tires  – also did motorcycle and lawnmower repairs – (next to North Broadway Dairy Queen)…. JJ Newberry Department Store – one of the anchor store in the Town & Country Shopping Center …

JJ Newberry 

Mall Days

Town & Country Shopping Center – Mall Days – in May, 1970, Town & Country Center was celebrating its 6^th anniversary and was still the largest shopping center in North Dakota – you could register for drawings for free turkeys and hams—the grand prize was a console color TV worth over $650.00 …. Some of the stores participating --- Newberry’s with out door supplies like a lawn chair for $3.33 or a chaise lounge for $5.28 – you could register to win an AMC Gremlin…… Sears – clothing and automotive specials like a wheel alignment for only $6.99 ……. KG’s Men’s Store – Ellison’s Shoe Salon and Walter’s --- clothing specials …. T&C White Drug – assorted coupon specials 

Bars of the 60's and 70's

-Past Business of Minot Night Clubs  – The Covered Wagon Bar – at one time the Covered Wagon Bar on Main Street was Minot’s oldest bar opening in 1900. …. The Dutch Mill – opened in 1944 on East Burdick Expressway (Highway 2 East) at the intersection of 27^th  Street, (at one time known as Friday’s and now The Rocking Horse Bar) was the top entertainment spot in Minot.  The Little Dutch Mill – opened in 1955 just to the west of the Dutch Mill. It featured short order and curb side drive-in restaurant service. The Little Dutch Mill building is still there – it is now used a living quarters for bands playing at the Rocking Horse…..

Larson Grocery

Past Business of Minot  – Mallard Motors –in 1961 Mallard Motors was located at the intersection on 4^th Avenue and 6^th Street SW in Minot. They claimed to be “Minot’s foremost dealer in fine used cars”. Proprietors were Elwood (Woody) Thorpe and Jim Weiskoph…… Town Theater.. … located in Downtown Minot…… Import Motors – located on South Broadway. They were Minot’s authorized Volkswagen dealer…… Larson’s Food Store – “Serving Minot and the area with Quality and Reliability in Foods”. Larson Foods began operation in 1933 and were located at 213 4^th Avenue SE. Now this area is the parking lot West of the Courthouse on Burdick Expressway….. 

Gust’s Service Station –

Gusts Super Service was located on the corner of Main Street and 4^th Avenue (now Burdick Expressway), next to the Empire Theater. Gust’s was a Mobil Station selling Mobilgas, mobilubrication, and Mobil Permazone Antifreeze. They were old fashioned about courtesy and the “old Fashioned” service that earned service stations their name. Note in the picture below from the 1940's, the Empire Theater was not yet built as that happened in 1952. There was a miniature golf course in the Empire Theater lot but I have not been able to find out the name of it or any information about it, although I do have a picture of it

1970 - Parking Ramp in Downtown Minot

News Stories – May 28, 1970 – On the front page of the newspaper was a story about the proposed parking ramp in Downtown Minot. This ramp was to be built in the ½ block just south of the old Midwest Federal Building or just west of what is now Wells Fargo Bank. Cost to build the ramp in 1970 was $1,600,000 – the ramp was never built … also in the news was the announcement of the store manager for the new Kmart Store being built at the intersection of Highway 83 South and the 2&52 Bypass. The store was scheduled to open on July 9, 1970 – the first store manager was Roger Atkinson – The Kmart store is still in this location ……