Drinking Culture
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Early twentieth century Spokane was a town filled with working men. The associated drinking culture fueled Spokane's participation in a nationwide temperance movement.
Image L95-97.133 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
This file appears in: From Temperance to Microbrews
From Temperance to Microbrews
Temperance activist Carrie Nation of Kansas was famous for smashing saloons with a hatchet in the days before Prohibition. Before Nation's 1910 visit to Spokane, the mayor ordered saloon-goers to leave town. Excess consumption and its impact on…