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Listen: Was Moorhead once a drinking destination?
The Curious Minnesota podcast discusses how the Fargo-Moorhead area became a battleground over booze in the late 1800s.
November 3, 2023 at 12:58PM
Different laws — and cultures — sometimes collide at the borders between states.
An example of this occurred in the late 1800s in the twin cities of Fargo and Moorhead, at the North Dakota-Minnesota border. North Dakota's prohibition on alcohol sent many people across the river seeking booze in Moorhead.
Reporter Reid Forgrave, who wrote an article on the topic for Curious Minnesota, joined Eric Roper on the Curious Minnesota podcast to discuss this interesting slice of Moorhead's history.
Further reading:
The Strib is as old as the city of Minneapolis. It grew out of several strikingly different papers.
