Nicholas Kessler
History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
USGENWEB Montana Archives
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Nicholas Kessler, one of the prominent and enterprising 
businessmen of Helena Montana, is a native of the Grand Duchy
of Luxemburg, Germany, born May 26, 1833. His youth and early 
manhood were spent in Germany and in 1854 he emigrated 
to America, landing there in January of that year and locating 
in Sandusky Ohio. In 1856 he removed from Sandusky to 
Chicago, where he was engaged in the commission business until 
the winter of 1859-60, then starting for Pikes Peak, 
Colorado. He arrived in Colorado in time to aid in the elections
 of the first Recorder of California Gulch, where 
Leadville is now located. During the summer and fall of 1860 he 
was engaged in mining there, then mined in Montgomery, 
Colorado until 1862 and from that time until August 1863 he 
landed in Virginia City Montana and for one year was 
engaged in the liquor business at that place. In 1864 he made a
 visit to his old friends in Germany but returned to 
America the following year, and gain took up his abode in 
Montana, this time in Helena. Since April 1865 he has been 
identified with the interests of this city.

Mr. Kessler built and is the proprietor of the largest brewing 
establishment in Montana. He owns and operates the 
brickyards which have furnished nearly all the brick that have 
been used in the buildings in Helena. He is also largely 
interested in Helena real estate and lands in Lewis and Clarke 
and Cascade counties and has extensive stock interests 
besides. With the various commercial and fraternal organizations
 of the city he is prominently connected.

Mr. Kessler was married in New York, April 2, 1873 to Louisa 
Ebert, who died December 18, 1880 leaving three children, 
two sons and one daughter. Both sons are now efficient help 
to their father in the management of his extensive business 
while the other children are attending school.

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