1958 Minot Phone Book Facts

1958 Facts about Minot #2 – In 1958 the Minot Chamber of Commerce was located at 19B South Main St. …… The Municipal Auditorium had just been built at a cost of $800,000 and was listed as a great convention facility in the city…… Home of the North Central Experiment Stati0n with continuous research into improving agricultural methods …… Minot featured 36 churches, (all denominations) ….. over 600 retail and wholesale business outlets …. And North Dakotas largest State Teachers College (now MSU)….. Because of the Air Force Base and political tensions of the time, the Phone book also had a whole page on evacuation procedures should the Air force Base be attacked.