tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post8101441646508001977..comments2023-07-19T05:07:55.863-07:00Comments on ☼ Hardscrabble Sockdolagers ☼: Banholzerian underground zymurgyJBanholzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410822155850772756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post-81711881224857429912013-06-10T10:11:00.481-07:002013-06-10T10:11:00.481-07:00Banholzer purchased the North Mississippi Brewery,...Banholzer purchased the North Mississippi Brewery, or what was <br />left of it, in 1871 from F. A. Renz. Renz purchased the brewery in 1866 and unfortunately the "curse" of the brewery continued when the brewery burned the same year that Renz bought it. Anyone have anything to add to Renz's misfortune that cost him property and left him in debt?<br />Regards,<br />The great granddaughter of F. A. Renz<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />renzAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544234074169478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post-3229011739713206072010-02-04T07:16:30.656-08:002010-02-04T07:16:30.656-08:00This just in from A.B. via Zap Zang:
Alright, wel...This just in from A.B. via Zap Zang:<br /><br />Alright, well as far as that house goes its pretty easy to get tours of the place, provided you just contact hazelden and say you're interested about the treatment programs they offer there. <br />I heard rumors that there may have been a passage from the Banholzer residence down to the cellars. In the cafeteria (which, back during Frederick's or William's day would have been the back yard) there was a 3 x 3 foot panel on the floor which could be opened by removing some rubber stoppers. When I opened this, rushing air blasted me in the face and I could immediately smell the sandstone smell that all of the other sandstone tunnels in this area have.<br />Inside the shaft I opened there had been some sewage pipes routed down, with some really old looking rope and metal bars tied to it, looking as though some explorers had tried climbing the pipes long ago to see what was on the other side of the trap door.<br />About 20-30 feet down, the sewage pipes went underground and on the side of the shaft closest to the mississippi there was a small opening leading to some low sandstone tunnels. I tired going down to investigate making it just far enough to peer in the immediate void and see that it looked like it went further than what I could tell from the shaft.<br />Before I had a real chance to check it out, staff came by and got really pissed that I was crawling around tunnels under their facility. The next day the whole cafeteria was recarpeted, the trap door being carpeted over.Max Actionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post-59274360938793861552008-12-31T12:08:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:08:00.000-08:00They should add a Frisbee disc golf course and han...They should add a Frisbee disc golf course and hand out free Banholzerian beers, whenever you score a hole in one.JBanholzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410822155850772756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post-70124009233365659832008-12-31T12:06:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:06:00.000-08:00Hey, he's a hero in my book (despite the tragedy i...Hey, he's a hero in my book (despite the tragedy in the vat of beer)<BR/><BR/><BR/>"In 1886, William established "Banholzer's Park" in the empty lots north of the brewery. The park was to serve as a recreation area for neighborhood picnickers who drank at Banholzer's outdoor beer garden, and it provided barbeques, frisbee golf, German band music, balloon rides to Lilydale and, of course, cold kegs of North Mississippi beer."<BR/><BR/>What a great idea! We need more parks like this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com