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<\/a><\/p>\nIn 1887, Arnold Tschirgi, George Paul, and Peter Demple, joined forces to found The Sheridan Brewing Company. First they had to avoid robbers\u2019 intent on stealing the business\u2019s start-up money. Thieves were common along the Cheyenne to Deadwood stage line. So, the men sent the $10,000 in gold by the Northern Pacific Railroad to Custer Station, and transported the capital the rest of the way by wagon.\u00a0 By 1888, the brewery distributed its first product.<\/p>\n
A year later, in 1889, The Sheridan Brewery expanded its operations, producing millions of By the end of Prohibition in 1933, the brewery was producing 600 barrels of bear a day. By 1954, 60,000 barrels a year left the brewery, and at this time the Sheridan Brewery stopped its beer operations and focused on soda pop. That same year the brewery became the first company in the United States to bottle its products in flat-topped cans.<\/p>\n The brewery was torn down in 1994, and a park is now at the spot of Sheridan Brewing Company. But never fear there are still plenty of places in Sheridan, Wyoming to have a cold one\u2026Right Cookie?<\/p>\n SOURCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pictures from the Sheridan County Museum<\/p>\n Blair, Pat, Prater, Dana and the Sheridan County Museum. Images of America: Sheridan<\/i>. Arcadia Publishing, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good as Cookie\u2019s coffee is, after a long day of fillin\u2019 up on dust on the trail ya wanna sit back with a cold brew or soda pop…Oh yeah, cowboys love a grape or orange pop, look it up\u2026\u00a0 And … Continue reading <\/a><\/strong>barrels of beer before Prohibition in the 1920s. Undeterred by this law, the brewery shifted to new products like near beer Sherex and an assortment of fruit-flavored soft drinks.<\/p>\n<\/a>The Can-a-Pop Beverage Company quickly became the leading producer of canned soft drinks larger than any other plant in America. Franchises started up in Los Angeles and Compton, California and Peoria, Illinois. But as quickly as Can-a-Pop sprung to the top, its bubble was popped by such brands as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Fanta and Nehi. These brands held national recognition and advertising and edged out the hometown soda company.<\/p>\n