A. W. STERZBACH.

A. W. STERZBACH.
Among the men of notable business enterprise and initiative in Laramie is numbered A. W. Sterzbach, one of the proprietors and manager of the Wyoming Creamery Company, in which connection he has developed a business of extensive proportions. He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, January 21, 1855, and is a son of George and Catherine (Frank) Sterzbach, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to America when young people and settled in Wisconsin. The father was a well known general merchant of Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and there he and his wife spent their remaining days, being numbered among the valued and representative residents of that locality. They had a family of six children. A. W. Sterzbach, who was the third in order of birth, spent his boyhood days as a pupil in the country schools of Dodge and Waukesha counties, Wisconsin. and at the age of fifteen started out in the world to make his own living and aid in the support of his widowed mother, for his father had in the meantime been called to the home beyond. His first employment was that of a farm hand in Waukesha county. In 1876 he left home and went to Algona, Kossuth county. Iowa, and it was there that he acquired his first knowledge concerning the manufacture of cheese. He worked at the trade and acquired a thorough knowledge of the business in principle and detail and gained as well broad experience in connection with the creamery business. He continued to make his home in Iowa until 1907, when he removed to the west, locating in Laramie, Wyoming. Here he began business in a small way as one of the proprietors of a creamery where the Connor Hotel now stands. On account of his wife's health, however, he was obliged to give this up and removed to Longmont, Colorado, where he again established a creamery. After remaining in that state for one and a half years he returned to Laramie and renewed his connection with the Wyoming Creamery Company, thus establishing a business that has since grown to extensive proportions and is today one of the important productive industries of this section of the state. Not only is it a source of gratifying income to Mr. Sterzbach but it also furnishes a market for many milk producers of this section of the state and thus adds to general prosperity. The growth of the business has been continuous and substantial; and although it was founded in a modest way, it is now one of the large commercial interests of Laramie. The creamery is supplied with the latest type of machinery for the manufacture of butter and cheese, and for handling the milk in a clean and sanitary way. Every effort is put forth to keep this a model creamery in every respect concerning sanitary conditions and the excellence of the product, and Mr. Sterzbach at all times has a watchful eye over all branches of the business. In Algona, Iowa, in 1887, Mr. Sterzbach was united in marriage to Miss Winifred Stacy and they have become parents of one child, who is now Mrs. J. L. Madigan, of Laramie. She has two children, Dona Winifred and Gertrude Maria. In his fraternal relations Mr. Sterzbach is a Mason and has taken the Royal Arch degrees. In politics he maintains an independent course and has never been an active political worker. He is nevertheless always loyal in matters of citizenship and stands for those interests and activities which contribute to the material progress and civic upbuilding of his community. As a business man he is alert and energetic, ready to meet any emergency that may arise in connection with his business, and it has been through indefatigable energy, close application and thorough knowledge of his particular line of activity that he has won the substantial success that is now his.

Among the men of notable business enterprise and initiative in Laramie is numbered A. W. Sterzbach, one of the proprietors and manager of the Wyoming Creamery Company, in which connection he has developed a business of extensive proportions.
He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, January 21, 1855, and is a son of George and Catherine (Frank) Sterzbach, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to America when young people and settled in Wisconsin. The father was a well known general merchant of Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and there he and his wife spent their remaining days, being numbered among the valued and representative residents of that locality. They had a family of six children.
A. W. Sterzbach, who was the third in order of birth, spent his boyhood days as a pupil in the country schools of Dodge and Waukesha counties, Wisconsin. and at the age of fifteen started out in the world to make his own living and aid in the support of his widowed mother, for his father had in the meantime been called to the home beyond. His first employment was that of a farm hand in Waukesha county. In 1876 he left home and went to Algona, Kossuth county. Iowa, and it was there that he acquired his first knowledge concerning the manufacture of cheese. He worked at the trade and acquired a thorough knowledge of the business in principle and detail and gained as well broad experience in connection with the creamery business. He continued to make his home in Iowa until 1907, when he removed to the west, locating in Laramie, Wyoming. Here he began business in a small way as one of the proprietors of a creamery where the Connor Hotel now stands. On account of his wife's health, however, he was obliged to give this up and removed to Longmont, Colorado, where he again established a creamery. After remaining in that state for one and a half years he returned to Laramie and renewed his connection with the Wyoming Creamery Company, thus establishing a business that has since grown to extensive proportions and is today one of the important productive industries of this section of the state. Not only is it a source of gratifying income to Mr. Sterzbach but it also furnishes a market for many milk producers of this section of the state and thus adds to general prosperity. The growth of the business has been continuous and substantial; and although it was founded in a modest way, it is now one of the large commercial interests of Laramie. The creamery is supplied with the latest type of machinery for the manufacture of butter and cheese, and for handling the milk in a clean and sanitary way. Every effort is put forth to keep this a model creamery in every respect concerning sanitary conditions and the excellence of the product, and Mr. Sterzbach at all times has a watchful eye over all branches of the business.
In Algona, Iowa, in 1887, Mr. Sterzbach was united in marriage to Miss Winifred Stacy and they have become parents of one child, who is now Mrs. J. L. Madigan, of Laramie. She has two children, Dona Winifred and Gertrude Maria.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Sterzbach is a Mason and has taken the Royal Arch degrees. In politics he maintains an independent course and has never been an active political worker. He is nevertheless always loyal in matters of citizenship and stands for those interests and activities which contribute to the material progress and civic upbuilding of his community. As a business man he is alert and energetic, ready to meet any emergency that may arise in connection with his business, and it has been through indefatigable energy, close application and thorough knowledge of his particular line of activity that he has won the substantial success that is now his.