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Rouses Point border station as seen in 1935. The US Border Inspection Station at Rouses Point occupies an 81-acre site on the west side of St. John's Highway, New York Route 9B, at the Canada–US border. Facing east, the building is set in an area of open fields with a few light industrial buildings to the east.
Rouses Point was the main point of entry for bootleggers who traveled along the so-called Rum Trail which was Route 9 between St. Jean in Canada and Plattsburgh, New York. At the time Prohibition was repealed, the Rouses Point-Overton Corner border inspection station had been in operation for a year.
The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 33 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the Mexico–United States border. [1] [2] The stated primary purpose of these inspection stations is to deter illegal immigration and smuggling activities.
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The Fort Covington border inspection station is an example of the more modest, rural version of the border stations also found at Chateaugay, Champlain, Rouses Point (Overtons Corner), and Mooers, New York. While the stations have all sustained systematic alterations, they have retained, in varying degrees, most of their original fabric.
One woman lost a whole lot of meat and then some on Monday, following an inspection at the U.S.- Mexico border in Texas. About 748 pounds of bologna, 280 boxes of undeclared prescription ...
The Canada border station was converted into a private home that has been updated substantially. There was no US border station at this location; persons entering the US here were expected to travel to the US Customs office at 70 Main Street, Newport, VT to report for inspection. That office closed in 1972, and the road was barricaded.