Bemidji Trivia for Saturday, Nov. 21

Today's question:

Prohibition started throughout the United States in 1920. When did the bars close in Bemidji?

A. 1910

B. 1912

C. 1914

See below for answer...

       

       

       

Answer: C. Per order of the Department of Indian Affairs and sustained by the U.S. Supreme Court under the provisions of the Indian treaty of 1855, Bemidji and surrounding towns closed their bars Dec. 1, 1914.