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| Zang, Philip The subject of this sketch has been identified with the brewing interests of Colorado, as proprietor of the Rocky Mountain Brewery, since July, 1871, having come to Denver in September, 1869, and up to the time he became proprietor was employed as manager for John Good, the former owner. At that time, the present large and imposing brewery was a small building, with a capacity of three or four hundred barrels per annum. In 1876, it was destroyed by fire, and rebuilt in its present condition, with the latest and best machinery, and an annual capacity of about twelve thousand barrels. Mr. Zang was born in Bavaria, germany, February 15, 1826. At fourteen, he was apprenticed to learn the cooper's trade, and, at sixteen, began learning the brewing business. In 1853, he came to this country, arriving in Philadelphia on the 26th of June. The following January he went to Louisville, Ky., where he was prominently engaged in the brewery business for many years. Mr. Zang has served one term in the City Council of Denver. The Rocky Mountain Brewery was the first establishment of its kind in Denver, and now has a trade extending throughout Colorado and a part of the adjacent Territory of Wyoming. History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado, O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, c. 1880, p. 651 |
| Zell, J. Fred Mr. Zell was born in Philadelphia, Penn., July 26, 1841. His early education was directed by a uakeress, and later in the public schools. In 1858, he moved with his parents to La Porte, Ind., and here continued his education in a private school. He enlisted in the late wr as a private soldier of the Seventy-third Regiment Indiana Volunteers. The last year of the war, he served as Adjutant of the Recruiting ZService for the Ninth Congressional District of Indiana, after which he engaged in the mercantile business in La Porte, Ind., until 1870, when he settled in Denver, Colo., in the hat and cap business. He was married, in 1874, at Georgetown, Colo. He was employed in the United States Mint from January 1, 1876, till June, 1878, when h resigned his position, upon receiving from Collector J. C. Wilson, the appointment of Deputy United States Internal Revenue Collector for the District of Colorado, and was re-appointed by Collector J. S. Wolfe, February 1, 1879, in which he still continues. History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado, O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, c. 1880, pp. 651-652. |