Live Breaking News & Updates on Old Trail Market

Stay updated with breaking news from Old trail market. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Before it was Jerry's Bar, tavern had illegal slots, 'tear gas bandits,' celebs


Before it was Jerry s Bar, tavern had illegal slots, tear gas bandits, celebs
Although it has undergone several name changes
and shifts in ownership, the low-slung building at 1500 11th St. N., Moorhead, is still identified by many locals as Jerry s Bar. But not as many are familiar with the colorful early history preceding the Jerry s era. It once included an illegal slot-machine operation, a tear-gas robbery by two goggle-wearing thieves and became a watering hole for a world-famous circus clown.
12:15 pm, May 14, 2021
×
A view of the New Trail Market/Tavern as it looked in the early 1930s. Special to The Forum. ....

United States , United Church , Red River , Claire Scheibe , Walter Probstfield , Emmett Kelly , Helen Scheibe , Charlton Heston , Catherine Goodman , Vera Jean Keogh , Helen Probstfield , Barnum Bailey , Raymond Gesell , Cecilb Demille , Nicholas Aadland , Cathy Scheibe , Josie Probstfield , Randolph Michael Probstfield , A Forum , Forum On Oct , Forum Business Editor Angie Wieck , National Battery Company , New Trail Market , Erv Jents , Old Trail Market , South Market ,