Enaville, ID

The Snake Pit, known over the years as the Enaville Resort, Josie’s, Clark Hotel and many other names, has been a landmark dating back to 1879.

Located at the fork of the Coeur d’Alene river, the Snake Pit has served as a boomtown bar, railroad layover, hotel, house of ill repute and starting point for loggers and miners of yesteryear.

There was a fire of a “suspicious nature” on New Year’s Eve of 1911. The business just kept going on as a rebuild was going on.

On a bull skull on the building's facade, there are red light bulbs for eyes. A power cord leading to a switch in the front room was used to signal that the girls were available.

Today the Snake Pit is where old friends and new enjoy food, drink, and live music in the rustic atmosphere. A daring entry on the menu, the rocky mountain oysters, are the inspiration for the best selling t-shirt: "I Had a Ball at the Snake Pit".