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*$*The most frequently acknowledged "first commercial" brewery in Texas, the William A.
Menger, Western Brewery (1855-1878) had its origins on the grounds of the Alamo, which
was then in private hands?
**To this day, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio still contains the large cellar that William
Menger used to chill the beer produced by the brewery on the Alamo grounds?
**Though it once consisted of small, home breweries run with hand-operated machinery,
today the beer industry contributes $16.6 billion to the state's economy and provides more
than 70,000 jobs?
**The period after the abbreviation "Dr." in the Dr Pepper trademark was dropped after company
officials thought it made the logo unclear?
**That Herman Justin sold his first pair of boots in 1877 for $9?
**The Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana credits Ringling Brothers Circus for a good deal of its
mail order success? In the early 1900s, orders for the company's fruitcakes began arriving from
Europe after the circus made Corsicana its last stop before embarking on a world tour.
*$*In 1905, Samuel Henry Ellis, a blacksmith for the Texas and Pacific Railroad, unknowingly
bought Marshall Pottery when he loaned one of the owners $375? The owner fled town, leaving
Ellis a a note bequeathing him the business.
** Florence Butt opened her first store (750 square feet) in Kerrville on November 26, 1905,
with an initial investment of $60? H-E-B Grocery Stores is now one of the nation's largest
independently owned food retailers and celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
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