Trent Alley
This file appears in: From Temperance to Microbrews: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
Trent Alley, on the east side of Spokane's downtown, was rife with places to gamble, drink and play pool. During Prohibition this area was host to numerous speakeasies, frequently raided by police.
Image L2003-11.28 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.
This file appears in: From Temperance to Microbrews: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
From Temperance to Microbrews: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
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…