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Moonshine found at Green Lake home … 86 years ago today

What do you think? (No Comments) December 27, 2009 at 10:30PM

Thanks to Casey for the heads-up on this gem from HistoryLink.org:

Sheriff’s deputies raid Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood and find moonshine on December 27, 1923.

On December 27, 1923, during Prohibition, a search warrant is issued to King County Sheriff’s Department to search 8023 14th Avenue NE in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood. Sheriff’s deputies find one 10-gallon still used to manufacture moonshine (whiskey), 12 gallons of moonshine, and 18 quarts of beer.

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8023 14th Ave NE today – we would consider this area to be Maple Leaf, but maybe before I-5 was constructed, the “Green Lake” neighborhood stretched this far northeast?