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business owners in a town that later became dominated by businesses owned by people of Italian heritage and was one of Colorado's Italian colonies. According to the Boulder Daily Camera (June 16, 1893), "Mr. Francia is building a two story block on First street that will make a fine appearance." The following photo from the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History is believed to show this building with the name of "E.G. Francia." "E.G." would have been the correct initials in Italian for his name (Eusebio Giuseppe, Americanized to Eusebio Joseph). Although the building in the photo appears at first glance to say "1898" at the top, upon close examination, another possibility is that it was the year "1893" that was painted on the building, particularly since the last digit looks slightly different from the "8" that is the second digit. The date of 1893 for this building would also be consistent with the 1893 Daily Camera article about Francia's two story saloon being constructed on First Street (today's Front Street). The man standing in the doorway raising a glass of beer is likely Di Francia himself, particularly given his resemblance to E.J. Di Francia in the photo showing the Di Francia family. A saloon owner at this time would have been affiliated with one primary brewery. Di Francia's saloon was affiliated with the Union Brewing Company, which later merged with the Tivoli Brewing Company in 1901 to form Tivoli -Union Brewing Co. On June 1, 1896, the Boulder Daily Camera reported that "Joe Francia, the well-known saloon keeper of Louisville, has sold his bar fixtures, etc., to his brother-in-law and rival, Fabrizio, and his lot and buildings to the Union Brewing company of Denver and started yesterday afternoon for Italy on a three months' trip." 4