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Moose Head Lodge
A roadhouse on Bee Cave Road that, after the 1931 paving of the road, became one of central Texas's most popular nightclubs during the Prohibition era. Later operated as the Cedar Crest Night Club and, in its present form, as County Line on the Hill.
Originally built as a hunting lodge in the late 1920s, the Moose Head Lodge sat on a high ridge along Bee Cave Road, eight miles west of Austin. After the 1931 paving of the road, Emmett and Polk Shelton partnered with Mervin Ash — a well-known Austin gambler — to rehabilitate the property as a Prohibition-era nightclub. The combination of fine food, gambling tables, electric lights, and proximity to Austin made it briefly one of the most popular venues in the region.
The building has changed hands and names several times since: as the Cedar Crest Night Club, and now as County Line on the Hill, where the original ridge-top setting still defines the experience.
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