# Bureau of Prohibition reply to a Montana pastor about conditions in Absarokee (29 December 1930)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-298499-absarokee-letter-1930/

National Archives Bureau of Prohibition letter from a Special Agent in Charge in Denver answering a Montana pastor's report on liquor-law conditions in Absarokee, with the Bureau's account of how enforcement was divided.

The National Archives catalog titles this "Correspondence with [a pastor, named in the catalog title] concerning the situation in Absarokee, Montana." It is a typed letter from a Bureau of Prohibition Special Agent in Charge in Denver to a Montana pastor, answering a report on liquor-law conditions in Absarokee. It says the Special Agency Service investigates major conspiracies, that a Prohibition Administrator is responsible for enforcement in the state, and that a small force had to cover a large territory. The correspondent is a private person and is not named further here.

NARA's scope note calls the file typical of Bureau of Prohibition case files. The item is in Record Group 56 (Treasury), Investigative Case Files, file unit "Investigation of Violations in Absarokee, MT," National Archives at Seattle. Only page 1 of 3 is stored.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/298499