Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Booze Pipeline
This is
from a listener who used to have a water well drilling company in the area: Apparently at one time there was an
underground pipeline that ran from the Ward County Courthouse to the Leland
Hotel in Downtown Minot. It seems that when the court would prosecute booze
runners during the prohibition days, the judge would dump all the illegal
alcohol down a drain. Some enterprising individuals reportedly ran a pipe from
that drain, under downtown Minot to the Leland Hotel. The alcohol was
collected, processed and served to the guests of the Leland. Apparently many
contractors over the years would hit the illicit pipeline when doing
underground work in the area. The pipe was always patched and repaired, until
they realized that it was not a water line and was no longer in use. At one time there were a number of
contractors who were aware of this booze pipeline The Leland Hotel location is now occupied by Artspace
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