It didn't work, and the bar kept it's reputation. The name was briefly changed to the Enaville Resort in 1975 in an attempt to make the place more respectable and possibly get a liquor license, Tom Richards, the owner of The Snake Pit, tells Supercall. In its past, it was also a “house of ill repute” for lonely loggers and miners. It’s been known by many names, but it’s always served drinks and food.

A name like the Snake Pit conjures up images of every vice imaginable rolled into one, and if you visited the bar in its heyday that’s likely what you would have seen.