Date of Award
12-2020
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Chair(s)
Leonard Rosenband
Committee
Leonard Rosenband
Committee
David Lewis
Committee
Bradford Cole
Abstract
Embedded within the economic narrative of the nineteenth and twentieth century American West lays the rich, but frequently forgotten, history of brewing in Utah. While most businesses in Utah centered on agriculture, railroads, and mining, the breweries of Utah also played a significant role in the industrial and economic development of the region. One of the largest and most significant of these breweries was the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Ogden, Utah. Founded in 1892, this company deeply affected the brewing industry until its dissolution in 1965. Many of the original records kept by the company still exist and reveal in depth the evolution of brewing in Utah and its economic importance to the Great Basin region. This paper will attempt to place the Becker Brewing and Malting Company in the historical narrative of brewing in Utah, and analyze how aspects of labor, prohibition, and finance affected the company.
Recommended Citation
Neil, Jason, "Aspects of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Ogden, Utah: A Study of Labor, Prohibition, and Finance" (2020). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1495.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1495
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