History of the Centennial Brewery
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Centennial Brewery in mid-1880s |
The company was incorporated 1888, with $100,000 in paid-up capital. The president was Leopold Schmidt; vice-president, A. Speckart; and Henry Mueller served as secretary & treasurer. Henry Mueller was a principal stock-holder in the company, as can be seen from their advertisement (below right), and in 1896, Mueller and H. C. Kessler purchased Leopold Schmidt's interest in the brewery.
Schmidt then and moved to Thurston County in Washington State where he had purchased property for a new brewery. This brewery was to become the Olympia Brewing Company, and would soon be followed by the construction and acquisition of four additional breweries on the West Coast.
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With the 1896 stock purchase, Henry Mueller became president of the company. Adolph was vice-president, but died un-expectedly and the position was taken by his widow. The secretary & treasurer position was assumed by Louis P. Best, of the Best family of Milwaukee - owners of Pabst Brewing. The team of Mueller and Best was focused on growth and succeeded to add new breweries to their portfolio. One such brewery was a start-up there in Butte. It was the Olympia Brewing Company (no association with Leopold Schmidt's brewery in Tumwater). |
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