I shared in a previous post about how one of my great-grandfather's was an award-winning cheese maker. Well, now I have physical proof - actual medals awarded to him for his brick cheese at National Dairy Shows that occurred over 100 years ago. National Dairy Show Awards for Brick Cheesemaking between 1913-1917 My Uncle Bud very recently shared that somewhere inside what used to be the summer kitchen at the tavern were his grandfather, Anton Sutter's cheese medals. There was an old cupboard inside that room that I was clearing out and having received this recent intel about the medals possibly being somewhere in this room, I was on the lookout! Good thing, because I'm not sure I would've paid that close attention to the small box I discovered buried in the back of this cupboard. If it hadn't been addressed to Anton Sutter, I may have overlooked it. So glad I didn't. What an amazing discovery! It looks like most of these were awarded to him
Mautz's Tavern - A Historical Commentary.......... The Mautz Tavern and home has such an interesting past with so many artifacts still inside that I felt compelled to document as much of this part of my family history associated with the bar and residence as I can.This blog is my way of attempting to tell its story and processing all of the treasures of the past still in the home and the stories that go along with them.