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Reisenweber's Cafe was known for introducing and/or popularizing jazz, [5] cabaret, [2] and Hawaiian dance [3] in New York City, the modern cover charge, [6] and for its high-profile Volstead Act lawsuit and shutdown decree during Prohibition. [7]
Carroll Senior High School (commonly known as Southlake Carroll) is a public secondary school in Southlake, Texas, serving students in grades 11 and 12. The school is part of the Carroll Independent School District , serving the majority of the city of Southlake, portions of northwest Grapevine , far northern Colleyville and eastern Westlake .
Southlake Mall is a shopping mall in Hobart, Indiana that is marketed as being in Merrillville, Indiana, due primarily to being served by the 46410 postal Zip Code. The tract of land on which it sits was annexed by the city of Hobart from unincorporated Ross Township in 1993.
The Volstead Act had a number of contributing factors that led to its ratification in 1919. For example, the formation of the Anti-Saloon League in 1893. [ 9 ] The league used the after effects of World War I to push for national prohibition because there was a lot of prejudice and suspicion of foreigners following the war.
Andrew John Volstead (/ ˈ v ɒ l s t ɛ d /) (October 31, 1859 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the National Prohibition Act of 1919, usually called the Volstead Act.
The Andrew John Volstead House is the historic house in Granite Falls, Minnesota, of ten-term United States Congressman Andrew Volstead (1860–1947). It is now managed as a museum and the organizational headquarters of the Granite Falls Historical Society. [ 4 ]
Phase I consisted of 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m 2) of the Southlake Town Hall, City of Southlake Public Library, a signature square with extensive landscaping, Rustin Park with a gazebo and pond, four blocks of retail with office overhead, and the only Post Office in the area. In 2006, Cooper & Stebbins opened phase II of Southlake Town Square.
The first game played there was on September 7, 2001, a football game between the Haltom Buffalos and the Southlake Carroll Dragons. Before 2003, the stadium could seat 8,000 people, but when the Dallas Burn Soccer Club terminated their lease with Carroll ISD, they left bleachers that they had assembled in the East endzone, increasing capacity ...