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Friday, April 26, 1839

George Aman was born in Bavaria.  He emigrated alone at age 20 on October 23, 1854 on a ship named the Milwaukee.  He settled in the Terr...

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Wednesday, April 26, 1854

Henry Hoerl, future brewmaster of the Val. Blatz Brewing Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is born in Bavaria.

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Thursday, April 26, 1855

Carl Christoph Emil Kersten was born in Herzberg, Germany. Kersten arrived in America in 1879 and by 1880 he was cutting his teeth in the brewing b...

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Sunday, April 26, 1936
The Walter Brewery of Eau Claire Wisconsin scored a nice write up in the local newspaper. From the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.

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Saturday, April 26, 1952
The Minneapolis Brewing Co. published the booklet "The Heritage Of America's Grain Belt".

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Rudolph Stecher Brewing Co. of Murphysboro, Illinois

Founded
1867

Closed
1940