Palace Livery Stable Building

Photo of a Palace Livery Stable in Grand Forks, shared by Merchants Transfer Co. and with Knutson & Loyland on the building, which burned down around 1920 (info taken from back of photo). In the late 1800s it was known as the cities largest seller and boarder of horses. "Established in 1880 by W.H. Murray, the business stood at the corner of Division Avenue and Fourth Street where the Grand Forks Clinic was built after World War II." (p.36, Grand Forks A Pictorial History, by D. Jerome Tweton) "Almost every town had a livery stable in North Dakota. Livery stables rented horses and buggies or wagons. Renting a buggy and going for a Sunday drive was a popular dating activity of young people, especially in the cities. On Sunday afternoons in Grand Forks, a hundred horses and buggies were sometimes rented out. Passengers who got off trains often rented rigs to complete their trips."