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With North Dakota 'dry,' this city's drinkers looked across the river

  • North Dakota was a dry state from its creation in 1889.
  • Grand Forks County narrowly supported Prohibition.
  • When Prohibition began, saloons in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks moved across the border to Minnesota, and patrons followed.
  • Peck said East Grand Forks had about 42 bars until 1915; some later became soda shops that operated as moonshiners.
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With North Dakota 'dry,' this city's drinkers looked across the river

Prohibition was not universally supported, followed or enforced in Grand Forks.

·Cherokee County, United States
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Duluth News Tribune broke the news in Cherokee County, United States on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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