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Jacob Moritz
Jacob Moritz (February 1849 – June 1910) was a brewer and businessman in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded the Salt Lake Brewing Company, which became one of the largest breweries in the western United States. Moritz is also the subject of local folklore, with his resting place, often referred to as "Emo's Grave," being the center of various urban legends. Early life Jacob Moritz was born in Germany in February 1849. Some sources give Ingenheim as his birthplace, others Bavaria. He immigrated to the United States in September 1865 at the age of 16. After spending a few years in New York City working at the F.M. Schaefer Brewing Co., Moritz moved to St. Louis, where he worked for Anheuser-Busch. He later tried his hand at mining in Helena, Montana. Salt Lake Brewing Company In 1871, Moritz relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he opened the Little Montana Brewery. This quickly became successful, leading Moritz to establish a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. With a population of 199,723 in 2020, it is the 111th most populous city in the United States. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake City was founded on July 24, 1847 by settlers led by Brigham Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingenheim (Billigheim-Ingenheim)
Ingenheim is a village belonging to the municipality of Billigheim-Ingenheim in the district Südliche Weinstraße (Southern Wine Route) in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Up to 1969, Ingenheim had been an autonomous borough. Geography The village lies in the Southern Palatinate, part of it belongs to the nature preserve "Klingbachtal-Kaiserbachtal". North of the village centre runs the Klingbach. The region belongs to the Upper Rhine Plain, Northern Rhine Rift Valley. Ingenheim lies southwest of the district of Billigheim and south of the district of Appenhofen. Federal road no. 38 connects the village to the central towns of Landau , Landau in der Pfalz and Bad Bergzabern. Various dwelling places, like Dorfmühle, Friedrichshof, Im alten Grund, Im Peterswingert, Kehlerhof, Luisenhof and St. Georgenhof, are part of Ingenheim as well. History Village names with the ending “-heim“ in the Upper Rhine area are attributed to the time of Frankish colonisation (5th to 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
