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Mar 9, 2018 · German immigrant Michael Karl Goetz arrived in New York in 1854. Working in his cousin’s grocery store in Buffalo, he saved enough to trek west, seeking fortune in the Gold Rush of California. En route, he stopped in St. Joseph and stayed, recognizing opportunity in the bustling outpost on the Missouri River.
Michael Karl Goetz was born in Ingenheim, a village in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France, a mere 18 miles from St. Joseph architect E.J. Eckel’s birthplace of Strasbourg. M.K. Goetz came to America in 1854 and was headed to California when he passed through St. Joseph in 1857.
Business owner of The M.K. Goetz Brewery, Michael Karl Goetz was a German immigrant who stopped in St. Joseph, Mo., on the way to the California gold fields and decided to stay. He established his own brewery in a small frame building after working a few months for another brewer.
Michael Karl Goetz was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1833 and came to America in 1856. He stopped in Buffalo, New York, for a time, then decided to go to the California gold fields. On the way he stopped in St. Joseph, decided to stay, and in 1859 in partnership with J. J. Max started a small brewery.
Michael Karl Goetz was a German immigrant who stopped in St. Joseph, Mo., on the way to the California gold fields and decided to stay. He established his own brewery in a small frame building after working a few months for another brewer.
Aug 10, 2022 · Michael Karl Goetz emigrated to the United States from Ingenheim, Alsace, Germany in 1854 arriving in Buffalo, New York. Four years later, like thousands of other Americans, Goetz, heeding the advice of the great Horace Greeley, headed west with the California gold fields as his destination but never made it past St. Joseph, MO where he found ...
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Michael Karl Goetz was a German immigrant who stopped in St. Joseph, Mo., on the way to the California gold fields and decided to stay. He established his own brewery in a small frame building after working a few months for another brewer.