GRANITE FALLS -- Andrew Volstead is remembered for banning the spirits kept in bottles. These were not the spirits that Kathy Machowski and Linda Blaylock said they encountered in the author of ...

GRANITE FALLS -- From Christchurch, New Zealand to McDonough, Georgia, there are brewpubs making and selling beer in the name of Andrew Volstead, remembered as the author of the National Prohibition ...

A group of people dismantling a still at Pillsbury and Charles Streets in St. Paul, c. 1925. Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota news you can count on. From local stories to explanations on ...

If Andrew Volstead smiled much, it was hard to notice beneath his bushy mustache. Google his image and it's one scowl after another beneath piercing eyes. Even his oversized portrait made entirely of ...

In its era, they called it the "Volstead Act," so named because of the amendment's major proponent, Andrew Volstead. In reality, it would become the 18th Amendment to the United States ...

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the nation from consuming alcoholic beverages, but it said nothing about how to enforce this noble goal or, perish the thought, punish those who might ...

February marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right to ...

February 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right ...

When Rochester police officers entered the Elite Cafe on April 8, 1925, proprietor Herbert Horton was either clumsy or fast-thinking. As police confronted him, Horton managed to knock over a pitcher ...