WAUPACA BREWERY

Early Industries – (?Waupaca Souvenir Post - or - Railroads of Waupaca?)

 

Leonard Arnold, born in Bavaria, started a brewery in about 1858 that he operated until his death in 1888.  The brewery was on the banks of the Waupaca River, where Elm Street now intersects with Hwy 49.  The wooden structure was 102 feet long and 20 feet wide, with living quarters in one end.  There was a full basement under the building and an ice house.  Mr. Arnold’s son operated the brewery after his father’s death, becoming a distributor for Schlitz Beer (1870s – 1880s?)