Murphy & Fritz Brewery (Fort Stanton)
Fort Stanton / Lincoln County, USA
From the record
What we have established
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]
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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