Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Neppach, Anthony March 1, 1856 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 847 - 848
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ANTHONY NEPPACH has for many years been actively and prominently 
identified with the industrial and business interests of Portland and his 
ability, sagacity and enterprise have gained for him a large measure of 
success, so that he stands today among the substantial and influential men of 
his community. Mr. Neppach was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the 1st of 
March, 1856, and is a son of William Charles and Elizabeth Neppach, who came 
to Portland in 1871. For many years his father conducted a meat market in East 
Portland, while Mr. Neppach's brother owned a drug store at the corner of Oak 
and First streets, Portland.

     Mr. Neppach received his education in the public schools of his native 
state and was about fifteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to 
Portland. In 1877 he went to work for the Nicolai Brothers Company as 
bookkeeper and in 1887 acquired an interest in the business, the name of which 
was, in 1890, changed to the Nicolai-Neppach Company. In 1887 he became 
manager of the business, holding that position continuously until 1919, a 
period of thirty-two years, and then sold his interest in the concern, the 
splendid growth of which had been largely due to his able management and sound 
business judgment. Mr. Neppach is now giving his attention largely to the 
management of the Colosseum Amusement Company, of which he is president. The 
original backers of this enterprise, who had partially completed the building, 
failed and because Mr. Neppach's company had done the mill work for it, Mr. 
Neppach stepped in and, taking over the interests of the promoters, completed 
the construction of the building, for which he put up fifteen thousand dollars 
in cash. Later he spent sixty-four thousand dollars in equipment and 
improvements, and now has one of the most complete and valuable properties of 
its kind in the northwest. He is managing the Colosseum in an up-to-date and 
progressive manner, so that it has proven a profitable enterprise, besides 
filling a great public need. Mr. Neppach is also president of the Portland 
Hockey Association, one of the leading sport organizations of the city.

     In 1888 Mr. Neppach was united in marriage to Miss Kate M. Sohms, who 
died in 1924. In Masonry Mr. Neppach has received the thirty-second degree of 
the Scottish Rite, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He gives his political 
support to the republican party and in local public affairs has shown himself 
interested in everything pertaining to the progress and development of 
Portland. He is a man of ripe experience in practical affairs, his opinions 
being highly regarded by his business associates, and throughout this city he 
commands uniform confidence and respect.

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