Jacob Rhine's National Saloon had an impressive inventory of cigars and liquor in 1874.

The saloon was renamed after Carl Berendsen bought the property in 1905. He added a building shipped from San Francisco via Martinez for family living quarters.

The Clayton Club survived 1920-1933 Prohibition as a cafe and social club, offering non alcoholic drinks, meals, and entertainment. A six-shooter "kept things honest" at the gaming table.

Jennie and Carl Milano bought the Clayton Club in 1959. In 1996 her daughter Dolores Austin, restored this early Western saloon.

Clayton Historical Society, 2002

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Morris Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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