the mint bar opened in the 1920s and holds the oldest liquor license in montana. [indistinct chatter] railroad workers used to drink here. everybody drank here. look at that picture of the bar right there. - yeah, that picture is this building. during prohibition, it was a grocery store. bourdain: my friend dan laren is a jack-of-all-trades native son-- a hunter, fisherman, and a key figure in the life of the town. - i mean, this is a rough-and-tumble railroad/cattlemen town, right? - yeah. - why did they put a railroad stop here? - it was x far from minneapolis... - mm-hmm. - and x far to seattle. it was kind of middle ground. 700 miles that way, 700 miles that way. - right. who would exemplify the qualities that a preponderance of montanans would aspire to? - the american indian, the plains indian that lived here before white man, 'cause it was a tough-- a tough place to live.
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