Jakes Corner Bar and Grill

1924 - The first building - a store, bar, gas station combination was built by the Felton’s.

1940 - The Felton’s sold the business to Payson Pioneer Polly Brown

1946 - Jake and Nina Stephenson purchase Jake’s Corner. This is where the business became known as “Jake’s Corner”. Jake died in 1949, but Nina continued to run the store and bar until she married.

1972 - Pete Connolly bought Jake’s Corner. Traffic picked up on Highway 188! The Slate Creek “cut off” was closed between the Beeline Highway and the H-4 Ranch in Tonto Basin. Highway 188’s road was freshly paved, and fishermen and campers came to visit the wildlife of nearby Mount Ord.

1982 - Harry Strahan and Bud Decker buy Jake’s Corner and build the store in 1984. More trailer spaces are created, and parcels are subdivided into smaller lots.

1989 - Norma Blakely purchases Jake’s Corner Bar, the oldest bar in Gila County in the same building with the same name.

1990 - Dan Smyers buys the place, and the”Dan’s Town” sign is created.

1998 - Jerry and Caroline Morrison become the new owners. The old building burned to the ground in 1999, leaving only the old tree that still stands between the main buildiing and the Sheriff’s Office. The building was rebuilt in 2000, and reopened as it stands todat.

2004 - Mike Gauvin purchased Jake’s orner, and in July of 2011. A Movie of “Jake’s Corner” was created in 2008, using the bar as its main setting.

July 2011 - Jak’s Corner was taken over by Rick Heppler in as manage until 2018.

2018 - Lucille Aragon Purchased Jake’s Corner is the Proud Owner. Please Join Lucy as She brings in her changes --- and makes Jake’s Corner the Place to Hang!