1881: Lutheran Book Concern (Ohio Synod) and the Wartburg Press (Iowa Synod) are established. Both merge into the American Lutheran Church in 1930. Lutheran Book Concern was located in Columbus, Ohio, and Wartburg Press in Chicago and later in Waverly, Iowa. – Ausburg Fortress
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Lutheran Book Concern – Church & Sunday School Supplies – German-English Bibles – Columbus, OH – Midwest Correspondent, Nick Hirshon
Echo Spring Kentucky Straight Bourbon – Columbus, OH – Midwest Correspondent, Nick Hirshon
Heaven Hill was founded by several investors shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in 1935 [1934 according to the Heaven Hill website], including a prominent distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family. As the company developed, the five brothers of the Shapira family bought out the other investors. Joe Beam remained as Master Distiller, along with his youngest son, Harry. Descendants of the Shapira brothers own and run the company to this day. – Wikipedia