Once the 'Welcome Inn' and much more!

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Late 1800s Michel Shack operated a saloon and bowling alley on the site, it burned in 1897. Jerry LeMere built 'Welcome Inn' here in 1908.

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Art Parent dealt in farm implements at the site from

1916-1920s. Myles & Ceil LeRoy ran the saloondance

hall as 'Forest Gardens'. Myles bootlegged

from the basement during prohibition. Guy

Cromell and Elroy MacCampbell were also involved.

Carl Demmin operated it as the 'Farmer's Inn’ -

1945-1947. August Anschutz ran 'Augie's' -

1947-56. Clarence Tracy ran 'Tracy's Tap' - 1956-63.

Frank Hoffman ran the business as

George's Anchor Inn - 1963-1970s.

Headquartered

at the Inn, in 1969 he raised the 'Mystery Ship' off

of Chambers Island.

Nicholas Zivalich ran it as the

'3-C's'. Later, Carol Tanck leased the '3 C's 'from

Zivalich. In the mid-1990s Don Swanson added

the wings to the building. In late 2006 Richard &

Pamela Wegner remodeled as Liberty Square.

In 2019 Blake & Lauren Schar moved their supper

club business from Ellison Bay to the site.