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1866 in die Vereinigte Staaten ausgewandert, wo er sich letztendlich in Loisville, Kentucky ansiedelte
[...] Karl Grahn [...] was born in Hanover, Germany and at the age of 21, came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. He later came to Ashland, Ky. where he worked as a surveyor. Mr. Grahn and partners bought approximately 6,000 acres of land which includes what is now Grahn, Ky. In 1886, he discovered flint and plastic fire clay on this property. Mr. Grahn moved to Louisville, Ky. and built his first fire brick plant there around 1889. This company was called the Louisville Fire Brick Works. The fire clay was shipped by rail from Grahn to Louisville. In June, 1913, Mr. Grahn opened his second fire brick plant, also called the Louisville Fire Brick Works. This plant was located in Carter County at Grahn, Ky., near his extensive minerals andland holdings, where the flint and plastic fire clay was extracted. The village of Grahn, previously called Fireclay, changed its name honoring the prominent business man, Karl Bernhard Grahn.
According to newspaper accounts, the big company store, for the Louisville Fire Brick Works, opened at the same time as the brick plant, June 1913, which included the office for the brickplant. The company store was also owned by Karl Grahn. This is when the first tokens appeared, under the name Louisville Fire Brick Works, Inc. An oddity occurs in the location name, Grahn’s, Ky.
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