
In several Old West saloon photos, a sign hangs over a door near the bar signifying “Club Room.” What is a Club Room?
Glen Jones
Rogers, Arkansas
A club room was a saloon, but it could also be a social room in the establishment where political meetings or other gatherings were held.
In the early days of Flagstaff, Arizona, the town had a saloon called the “San Juan Sample and Club Room.”
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and the Wild West History Association’s vice president. His latest book is 2018’s Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.