Rowan Funeral Home – This information was
given to me by Les Maupin back in 1986 while researching Minot for the
Centennial. Rowans’s Funeral Home was on
the corner of Main Street and 2nd Avenue, where Rueb’s Camera and
Cards was located. Apparently the owners were affiliated with some aspect of
the booze running in the days of Prohibition. I was told that the viewing rooms
of Rowan’s Funeral during this time were home to many high stake poker games.
Maupin was not sure if they ever actually held any funerals during this time.
During Prohibition, the alcohol was brought in in one and two gallon metal
containers. Rowan’s Funeral Home would fill a casket, or two, with these cans
of booze and load them into the hearse. They had at least one if not more. The
hearse would then deliver the booze throughout the country under the guise of
transporting a body in a casket. Driving prudently and obeying the speed limits
they successfully delivered the product. After all, who would stop and search a
casket in a hearse?
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| Dumping whiskey down the drain |
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