The Brook - Howard and Ryan - Seattle
The "Brook" began at 1006 First Ave in 1907 and was operated as a saloon by Doc Ryan and Ed Brown with the connected cafe run by B. F. Self. It was then sold to Ralph Deverell in 1910 and was re-named "The Geneva Liquor Company". It was next run by Rousch and Sickinger in 1911 and remained that way until Prohibition in 1915.
Note: No reference can be found regarding the "Howard and Ryan" ownership.
The Stratford - Seattle
The Stratford Hotel was constructed in 1906 at 910 2nd Ave. in Seattle and operated as such through well past Prohibition. The was hotel managed by Mrs. Wilbur Smith and the bar located inside the hotel was managed separately. Henry C. Deeken owned and operated a saloon on 2nd Ave at the Corner of SW Cherry St. between 1907 and 1910 when he purchased a 4 year and 8-month lease of the Stratford Bar for $30,000 spot cash from a Robert M. Cooper in August 1912. According to a local newspaper, Deeken had been a regularly licensed medical practitioner in Council Bluffs, Iowa but had tired of his profession when he moved to Seattle to try his hand in the local liquor business. He incorporated the Stratford Bar as a corporation and held that distinction until Prohibition arrived in January 1916.
Blakes - Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia
David Blake owned and operated a number of establishments in Washington State beginning in 1899 with a self-named saloon located at 2nd & Washington Sts. in the so-called "Tenderloin" district of Seattle. He next opened an additional establishment at 210 2nd Ave.in Seattle in 1900 and in the same year, an additional establishment located at 1015 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma which had formerly been known as the Paragon Saloon that had opened around 1889. At approximately the same time, he opened another saloon in Olympia of which little information is known at this time. He was next employed at the newly opened College Inn located at 3rd & Pike in Seattle in 1907 - owned by Aaron Jaffe and W. C. Kiesel which eventually became the Imperial Liquor Co. that had operated between 1912 & 1913. In 1911, Blake and Lloyd Rainey opened a saloon in the newly constructed Right Hotel on the corner of First and Cherry in Seattle which by some accounts was also known as the Club Liquor Co. The partnership lasted until sometime in 1914 and Blake died at the age of 60 in 1919.
Kracht Liquor Co. - Seattle
Fred W. Kracht was a local Seattle saloon man beginning around 1903 when he established his first location at 500 First Ave. and remained at there until 1907. He was next listed at 200 Second Ave. in Seattle between 1907 and 1909 and he next opened the Kracht Liquor Co. at 319 Yesler Way inside the Prefontaine Building. Kracht was the secretary of the German Central Comittee - an election endorsement group and was active in politics for a number of years. In 1911, Kracht was ordered by the city to close the rear door of the Kracht Liquor Co. as the city claimed that a number of women who were there to pay their water and light bills would wander accidentally into his saloon. The city prevailed in a liquor license dispute and on August 19, 1911, his license to sell liquor was revoked. By 1912, he had moved once again to 400 Main St. until 1914 and could next be found at 220-224 Fourth Ave. S. until being closed by Prohibition in 1915.
Gill and Gill - Seattle
The Gill & Gill saloon started in business at 806 Front St. (later re-named First Ave) in Seattle in 1894 by John and Thomas Gill and remained at that location until Prohibition came to Washington State in 1915. The Gill's were proficient boosters of the city and its causes by regularly contributing to local events such as donating 3 bottles of wine to a charity event in 1898; money to help build a battleship at the local Moran Brothers shipyard and promoting the big local B.P.O.E. (Elks) event in 1907. They had a local archetect design and construct the "Gill Building" in Seattle for them around 1906 and they fought the mayor along with other saloon keepers and liquor merchants of the city when the mayor tried to close down all liquor establishments in 1913. After Prohibition, the 806 1st Ave address had become a soda fountain, buffet and cigar store. In July, 1916, John Gill was arrested and ordered to pay a $200 fine for selling liquor during Prohibition. Thomas Gill died in Seattle on October 9, 1930.
Christy's - Seattle
Charles L. Christy started in the saloon business in 1898 when he and his partner opened the "Christy & Miller Saloon" at 100 Yesler Way. They remained at that site until 1902 when they purchased the "Monterrey Liquor Co." at 84 Yesler Way and remained at that site until Christy took over sole ownership in 1904. After leaving the business, Miller opened the "Miller Saloon" in South Seattle in 1908. Christy's Bar was owned and operated by Cristy from 1904-1908 although the Polk Directory of 1910 shows that the establishment was still in business and was more than likely under different ownership at the time.