F&S

Founded in 1896 by German immigrants Max Schmidt and P.H. Fuhrmann, the origin of F&S beer actually dates to 1854, when Thomas Richards and John B. Douty started Eagle Run Brewery, a small ale and porter producer situated at the base of two mountains across Route 61 from what is today the west end of Tharptown. F&S beer production in 1966 was 160,000 barrels, a small cry from the millions of barrels some national companies were starting to produce. A lack of technology, the larger advertising campaigns of the bigger breweries and a declining population in the Shamokin led to a decline. The brewery experienced a huge blow in November 1974 when the company voluntary declared bankruptcy and closed its doors.