Monday, October 14, 2013
Inequity Hollow
Fred
Hines at one time was a cab or bus driver in Minot in the early 1900’s. He
drove for both the Leland Hotel and Waverly Hotel at different times. His task
was to pick up and deliver clients to their destinations around Minot. He would
deliver his passengers from the railroad stations to the hotels and when the
fair was held on south hill, he would transport the passengers to it also.
Quote from 1939 article “at that period
in Minot’s history there was a segregated district of bawdy houses in a coulee
southwest of Minot and as a hack driver he was called upon to transport gentlemen
of the double standard from downtown hotels to this place which was sometimes
called Inequity Hollow.” Also North Dakota was under state
prohibition at that time, Hines recalls that whiskey was easily obtained in
Minot. This area is what we refer to
today as 3rd Street Southwest or Minot’s High Third.
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