Trent Alley
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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
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…
