Sundance Times - Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

100 Years Ago

Dec. 15, 1921

Messrs. Jones and Owen of the state enforcement department have been getting results in Crook County during the past few days. Friday they visited the Andrew Mickelson ranch in Grand Canyon, where they found a still hooked up for operation, 250 gallons of mash and several hundred empty bottles. Only one quart bottle of moonshine was found and the owner also was missing. A peculiar feature of this outfit was the fact of the coil being run through a government watering trough for the condensing operating. The mash was destroyed, still brought to town and a charge p...