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Biographical Record of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago; 1903

Page 23-24

                            JOSEPH STROBEL

     JOSEPH STROBEL, president of the A. Haas Brewing Company and a
  prominent business man of Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, was
  born at Houghton in 1860, and is a son of NICHOLAS STROBEL.
     
     NICHOLAS STROBEL became a resident of Keweenaw County, Michigan
  in 1852; two years later he located at Portage, Houghton County,
  Michigan.  Upon coming to the United States from Germany, when
  eighteen years of age, he first located at Cleveland, Ohio; he was
  familiar with the shoe business and followed that line in Cleveland,
  but after coming to the Northern Peninsula he at first took up the
  occupation of mining, as there was little else to do in the Lake
  Superior copper region.  Afterwards, when the district became more
  settled, he conducted a shoe business in Houghton, which is said to
  have been one of the most reliable business houses in the place; he
  carried a large stock of boots, shoes, rubbers, etc., and employed
  several shoemakers, and had an extensive trade in made-to-order shoes.
  The site of this pioneer establishment on Huron street is at present
  occupied by a sample room that is conducted by our subject.
  
     NICHOLAS STROBEL is remembered as one of the pioneer business men
  of Houghton, and has long since taken a conspicuous place in the
  history of the city as one of its builders, as well as a trustworthy
  neighbor and citizen.  He died in 1869, aged about 39 years.  His
  widow now resides with her son, the subject of this sketch, and is
  nearing the age of 70 years.  She is a native of Bavaria, Germany,
  and was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Mr. Strobel, who had returned
  from Eagle River for the purpose shortly after he had located there.
  Their family consisted of four sons and four daughters.  The family
  has been firm in its allegiance to the Catholic Church.
   
    JOSEPH STROBEL was reared and educated in Houghton, Michigan, but
  at the age of 10 years he left school to assist his widowed mother.
  When 19 years of age he left for the West, and located at Leadville,
  Colorado, where he conducted a successful business for five years.
  Returning to Houghton in 1858, he established a business on Huron
  street, which he still conducts, and which is one of the landmarks
  and a generally favorite resort.  Later, when the brewery changed
  hands, he was elected president of the new company, which position
  he now fills with much ability.  The other officers of the company
  are MICHAEL M. MESSNER, vice-president, and WILLIAM F. MILLER, 
  secretary, treasurer and manager.  The board of directors of the
  A. Haas Brewing Company also includes WILLIAM SEAGER and A. D.
  EDWARDS, both men of notable prominence in Houghton.  Our subject
  also owns the fine business property occupied by EDWARD HAAS & 
  Company and the Portage Lake Hardware Company, and is interested
  in various other business enterprises of importance.
  
    Politically our subject is a stanch Republican, and has served
  eight years as a member of the village council of Houghton, also
  as vice-president of the village.
   
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