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records show that it was common for Louisville saloon owners to be in debt to the breweries whose products they carried, and that they would put up their property as collateral. This was also the case for John Balent. Property documents recorded with Boulder County show that the Ph. Zang Brewing Co. extended a loan of $2500 to the Balents in 1910 that was secured by both the Balents' home on Lincoln and the baseball park property. When Prohibition was starting and there was no hope of Balent having enough business at his saloon to pay his debts, Zang actually became the legal owner of these two properties, as described more fully below. In Louisville, some saloonkeepers dealt with the advent of Prohibition by shifting their businesses to billiard parlors (some of which still quietly served alcohol to regulars). Others started over in a completely new line of business, even moving away in order to do so. After a time when John Balent went back to being a miner for a time (according to the 1916 Louisville directory), the Balents decided to relocate. They moved to the Greeley area, where Annie Balent's brothers had already moved from Louisville to be farmers, and John and Annie became farmers there. Ph. Zang Brewing Co. Ownership of 829 Lincoln, 1915-1927 In late 1915, Colorado residents were preparing for the advent of Prohibition in Colorado starting in January 1916. It was against this backdrop that the Ph. Zang Brewing Co. in October 1915 took ownership of the property at 829 Lincoln and of the ball park. This appears to have been the consequence of the Deed of Trust (similar to a mortgage) that Balent and Zang had executed in 1910. Anna Balent was also a party to the Deed of Trust. Due to loan payments that the Balents were able to make, the Ph. Zang Brewing Co. returned ownership of the ball park to John Balent in 1923. Balent then sold the ball park. (Soon after, the new owners donated it to the Town of Louisville so that it could continue as a baseball field, and it became the town's first official recreational space.) During the ownership by Zang, the following photo of Louisville High School was taken in 1922. The high school was constructed on the southeast corner of Garfield & Walnut and opened in 1920. It backed up to 829 Lincoln and 841 Lincoln. In the photo below, a red circle indicates the rear of the house at 829 Lincoln. (After the school closed in about 1939, the building was separated into two buildings that still serve as apartment buildings. For more information, see the article "Louisville's Neighborhood High School" in the Summer 2015 Louisville Historian.) 4