Archive record · Brewery
Murphy & Fritz Brewery (Fort Stanton)
Fort Stanton / Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-WWEEQ94B
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Ownership as recorded: Murphy and Fritz established a brewery/store operation in 1866. Gauss brewed/rented the brewery by at least 1869. Later ownership/management passed through a partially documented chain after Murphy sold the operation.. First Fort Stanton brewery lineage; distinct from the separate Biedermann & Rufley brewery opened four miles upriver in 1885. [New Mexico Pass 19]
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Events
- Murphy & Fritz open brewery/store operation near Fort Stanton.1866
Opening
- Godfrey Gauss is brewmaster by at least 1869 and at one point rents the brewery from Murphy.1869
BREWMASTER
- Pat Dowlin takes over former Murphy business at Fort Stanton; whether exact brewery ownership transferred in the same form remains partial.1873-10-23
BUSINESS_TRANSFER
The People
Behind the beer
Co-founded brewery/store operation near Fort Stanton.
Co-founded brewery/store operation near Fort Stanton.
Brewmaster by at least 1869; at one point rented brewery from Murphy.
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