John Horsky
 History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
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 John Horsky, one of Helena's respected pioneer citizens, 
dates his birth in Bohemia, Austria, May 16, 1838, his parents 
being natives of Bohemia.

 Mr. Horsky was reared and educated in his native land, and 
in 1855 came to America to make his fortune and establish his 
home in the land of the free. He first worked for wages as a 
farm hand in Iowa, and later learned the trade of brewer. In 
1859 he started to Pike's Peak, but returned to Iowa and remained 
in that State until 1864, when he and his 
 brother Joel came to Montana making the journey with oxen. 
Mr. Horsky at that time was still a single man and in search of 
a place in which he could better his condition. He and his 
brother arrived in Virginia City on the 31st of August, and 
all the following fall and winter they were engaged in mining, 
making, however no more than good wages. In the spring of 1865 
he came to Helena and in company with George Butz he turned his 
attention to the brewing business. They built the first brewery 
in the city, the Helena Brewery. Mr. Horsky continued successfully 
in the brewing business until 1891 when having secured a 
competency, he sold out and retired from active life. During his 
residence here he has all along been more or less interested 
in mines and mining, having done much to develop these interests 
in Montana. 
 
 He recently built on Main Street a fine brick block 42 x 110 
feet, three stories and basement, which is rented for stores, 
offices and a commercial college.
 
 Mr. Horsky was married in 1869 to Miss Louisa C. Cory, also a 
native of Bohemia. Three sons have been born to them in Helena: 
Rudolph, who is attending the Medical College in Philadelphia; 
Edward, a clerk in the U.S. Assay office,and John, in a drug store.

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