Uncovered: Whiskey Row store owners find wall-sized century-old cigar ads

PRESCOTT - Rich and Jenny Schulte thought it would help boost the historic look of their new Whiskey Row store to remove thepegboard and plaster on one long wall to uncover the old brick.
But they never suspected what else they’d find.
Two huge cigar ads were painted onto those bricks about a century ago when the store was the Grand Saloon.
The Schultes will leave the ads in place and display their Western items in front of the ads at their Jenny Longhorn store.
The …

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Local Denver publication and Presidents Day Society favorite “Modern Drunkard” has an excellent article . . .

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While we are all familiar with our George Washington and his Whiskey Rebellion, few know about the contribution our 27th President gave to “America’s Native Spirit.”  The next time you bend an elbow with a glass of straight, blended or imitation; you can toast the big guy from Ohio.
http://www.slashfood.com/2010/01/05/bourbon-industry-toasts-william-howard-taft/

“I am lately become a brewer for family use, having had the benefit of instruction to one of my people by an English brewer of the first order.”

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