Mokane Market (Mokane)

I think this place has gone the way of the buffalo. It was boarded up when we went though.

I just called to day and spoke with a live person who says they are open every day of the week except new years day, from 7 am to 8 pm.

Unless it was the great flood of the early 90s, i don't think you were looking at the right building. This place is always open. The folks in Mokane are friendly.

I think you mistook either the Mokane Lions Club building or the Masonic Lodge for the Mokane Market. The windows are boarded because it is faster,easier,and cheaper that way to clean up after a flood. All you have to do with a boarded up window is clean it, let it dry, and finish with a fresh coat of paint. We prefer KILZ paint due to it's long life.

When the water is up people like to come and play in the water with their boats. The wake from the boats will break the windows out. Once the windows are broken the action from the wake is intensified inside the building. If you have things up off the floor inside and they are a few inches above water, the wake from a boat will knock them off or get them wet.

The Mokane Market is the only business in town that does not have at least a few of it's windows boarded. It's located in the next block up from the Mokane Bar and Grill and just across the street from the Masonic Lodge.

I'm well familiar with the floods. I was the Mokane Lions Club Secretary for ten years. I dealt with both clean-up and paperwork with the government. Almost all of our clean-up is done by unpaid volunteers otherwise the club would have ceased to exist years ago. What you get from the government after a flood is usually not enough to repair what has been damaged unless you do the work yourself.