Battle Alley

Battle Alley is a Michigan historical marker in Holly, Oakland County, dedicated 1978.

Oakland County · dedicated 1978 · Martha Street and Broad Street, Holly

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This historic district was once the scene of frequent brawls. In 1880 an uproar between local rowdies and workers of a traveling circus rendered so many bruised, beaten and jailed that this street was thus named “Battle Alley.” Carry A. Nation, “Kansas saloon smasher,” came to Holly on August 28, 1908, at the request of the local prohibition committee. Wielding her umbrella, she strode through the alley’s bars bellowing about the “Demon Rum” and its sins. In 1910 Battle Alley became the first brick street in the village.

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