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The Story of the Bush Family and Budweiser Beer

The original Vanderbilt, at least the original rich one, made his money in the railroad business. He not only wanted to build a railroad empire, he also wanted to built a family dynasty. The story of the Bush family and Budweiser beer isn't so different from the Yingling story. A German immigrant, Eberhard Anheuser, starts a brewery this time in St. Louis. His son-in-law, a Dolphus bush, joins the business; they named the brand Budweiser.

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