The story
Opened in 2000 and named for Harley-Davidson's iconic "Knucklehead" engine, The Knuckle grew from a single storefront into a full-block operation — bar, restaurant, live-entertainment stage, brewery, and retail. The saloon's own history ties its ground to Col. Samuel D. Sturgis, linking a modern rally institution back to the town's 1878 military-post origins.
Everything that was here
- 2000–present · still open
The Knuckle Saloon & Brewing Co.Bar
The Knuckle Saloon occupies an entire downtown block that its own history says once belonged to Col. Samuel D. Sturgis — the Army officer the town is named for.
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Did you know?
It occupies an entire downtown city block rather than a single storefront.
It's named after the Harley-Davidson "Knucklehead" engine.
The saloon says its site was once owned by the town's namesake, Col. Samuel D. Sturgis.
Nearby history
Hotel Sturgis (Benevolent Hall)
1144 Main St · 100 m away
Built in 1892 as a fraternal lodge hall, gutted by fire in 1906 and rebuilt the same year, this Main Street building has
Sturgis Commercial Block
1000 Main St · 217 m away
Nine cut-stone storefronts raised in 1888-1900 are the last standing witnesses to Sturgis's origins as a lawless boomtow
One-Eyed Jack's Saloon
1304 Main St · 236 m away
Billed as the largest bar on Main Street, One-Eyed Jack's became such valuable rally real estate that it reportedly sold
Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame
999 Main St · 240 m away
The rally's official museum is housed in Sturgis's former U.S. Post Office, which served the town's mail for more than 6
Hoel's Indian Motorcycle Shop
Junction Avenue · 321 m away
Nine riders raced for a $500 purse behind a small-town Indian Motorcycle shop in 1938 — and accidentally founded the lar
Broken Spoke Saloon
905 Lazelle St · 393 m away
Dave Iversen built the Broken Spoke on the site of an old lumberyard in 1988, deliberately just off Main Street with a c
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