Manufacturer Notes: Western Pottery Manufacturing Company

Denver Directories:

1905 Potteries
          American Clay Works, 953 Beggs Lane.
         Denver China & Pottery Co, Alcott nw cor W 16th av.
         DENVER STONEWARE CO, W W Gaw prop, W Ellsworth ne cor Santa Fe av.
         Queen City Pottery Co, Clifton (Mariposa) ne cor W 32d av.
         White F J & Son, 1434 S Logan av.

1906 Potteries
         American Clay Wks, 953 Beggs Lane.
         DENVER STONEWARE CO, W W Gaw prop, W Ellsworth ne cor Santa Fe av.
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, Alcott sw cor W 16th av.
         White F J & Son, 1434 S Logan.

1906 WESTERN POTTERY MFG Co, Merritt Gano mgr, W 16th ave and Alcott (State Directory)

         Pottery Mfgs. (State Directory)

         Van Briggle Pottery Co 617 N. Nev...Colorado Springs
         WESTERN POTTERY MFG. CO., W. 18th ave and Alcott Denver

1907 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 2601 W Barberry Pl.
         COLORADO BRICK SUPPLY CO, 1610 Broadway, warehouse 1444 Delgany
         DENVER STONEWARE CO, W W Gaw mgr, W Ellsworth av ne cor Jason.
         White F J & Son, 1434 S Logan.

1908 Potteries
         Montague M V Mrs, 857 Bryant.
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, W 16th av nw cor Alcott.

1909 Potteries
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, W 16th av nw cor Alcott.

1910 Potteries
         Colorado Crucible & Clay Co, W 16th av nw cor Clay
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 1434 S Logan

1911 Potteries
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott

1912 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 804 S Broadway

1913 Potteries
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott

1914 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 804 S Broadway

1915 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 804 S Broadway

1916 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 1546 S Logan

1917 Potteries
         American Clay Work, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 1546 S Logan

1918 Potteries
         American Clay Work, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 1546 S Logan

1919 Potteries
         American Clay Works, 857 Bryant
         HEROLD CHINA & POTTERY CO, Golden, Colo
         L & K Potteries Co, 60 S Broadway
         Western Pottery Mfg Co, 1575 Alcott
         White F G & Son, 1546 S Logan

1920 Potteries
         L & K Potteries Co, 623 S Logan
         Montague Mary V Mrs, 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Co, 1575 Alcott
         White Francis G, 1546 S Logan

1921 Potteries
         Montague C W 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Co Alcott and W 16th av
         White F G 1546 S Logan

1922 Potteries
         American Clay Wks 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Co 1575 Alcott
         White F G 1560 S Logan

1923 Potteries
         American Clay Wks 857 Bryant
         Western Pottery Co 1575 Alcott
         White F G 1560 S Logan
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WESTERN POTTERY TRUST IS FORMED

An immense pottery trust, which will control the pottery trade of the country west of the Mississippi river, and the headquarters of which will be located in Denver, Colo., has been launched by the incorporation of the Western Pottery Manufacturing Company.

Capitalized at $250,000, the new organization will take over the Queen City Pottery Works, in North Denver, and the Denver China and Pottery Company, in West Denver. Negotiations will also be made for the Denver Stoneware Company, the only other pottery concern in the city.

Over $100,000 will be spent in enlarging the plants acquired. It is the intention of the incorporators, all of whom are Denver business men, to increase the capacity of the plants until they can supply the entire Western country. Later it is contemplated to make inroads in the Oriental trade.

Merritt W. Gano, who is the head of the new undertaking, will act as manager of the concern. The others interested with Mr. Gano and who will form the board of directors are Frank R. Ashley, George W. Gano, George E. Crawford and Gerald Hughes.

Clay Record (Chicago, Illinois) August 31, 1905 
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The Western Pottery Mfg Co., Denver, Colo., has been incorporated with $250,000 capital stock by Frank R. Ashley, Merritt Gano, George W. Gano, George E. Crawford and Gerald Hughes.

Clay Record (Chicago, Illinois) September 15, 1905
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FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!!
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Fire of unknown origin in the Western Pottery Mfg. Co.'s plant at Ellsworth and South Jason streets. Denver, Colo., did damage to the extent of $3000.

Clay Record (Chicago, Illinois) May 29, 1909
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Brick Yards and Potteries.

         5262. May 3, Brookhaven, Miss. Brookhaven Pressed Brick Co., plant; cause, burning kiln. Damage, $1,500.

         5263. May 4, Sioux City, la. Sioux City Brick Tile Works, plant; incendiarism alleged. Loss, $50,000.

         5264. May 5, Denver, Col. Western Pottery Mfg. Co., South Jason and Ellsworth streets. Loss, $5,000.

Insurance Engineering Volume XVII January-June, 1909 (New York, The Insurance Press, 1909)
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17715. Western Pottery Manufacturing Co. vi Union Pacific R. R. Co. September 26, 1911. Refund of $63.18 on one car of stoneware from Denver, Colo., to Rock Springs, Wyo. Excessive rate.

Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission December 20, 1911 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912)
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Name of Establishment                 Nature of Business       Town                Males     Females       Total

Western Pottery Mfg, Co, The......Pottery.................. .........Denver .......... 13             1                    14

Ramer, John E.; Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of Colorado 1915-1916 (Denver, Eames Brothers, 1916)
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