After coming to the U.S. in 1851, Mr. Herold was employed by a dry goods company as a clerk in New York. From there he went to Mascoutah, Illinois where he engaged in the soda & mineral water business. He later entered the general dry goods business & was the first postmaster of Mascoutah. He next moved to St. Louis & bought a half interest in the Cherokee brewery. After his retirement from the brewing business, he organized the Cherokee Packet Company & built the first two steel-hull boats on the Mississippi River. Mr. Herold was also the president of the Oriental Hotel Association of Dallas, Texas; president of the Eagle Lake Sugar Refining Company of Eagle Lake, Texas & president of the St. Louis Mining & Milling Company of Helena, Montana, which was was one the largest gold mines in Montana.
After coming to the U.S. in 1851, Mr. Herold was employed by a dry goods company as a clerk in New York. From there he went to Mascoutah, Illinois where he engaged in the soda & mineral water business. He later entered the general dry goods business & was the first postmaster of Mascoutah. He next moved to St. Louis & bought a half interest in the Cherokee brewery. After his retirement from the brewing business, he organized the Cherokee Packet Company & built the first two steel-hull boats on the Mississippi River. Mr. Herold was also the president of the Oriental Hotel Association of Dallas, Texas; president of the Eagle Lake Sugar Refining Company of Eagle Lake, Texas & president of the St. Louis Mining & Milling Company of Helena, Montana, which was was one the largest gold mines in Montana.
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