Back in the fifties, beer-brewer Anheuser - Busch started a beer garden and a bird show at the front of its new brewery in Tampa.   It opened on March 31, 1959 as an admission-free hospitality facility for the Tampa Anheuser-Busch brewery on the grounds of the manufacturing plant. Visitors could watch bird shows and animal acts in a tropical setting and before leaving the grounds entered a beer garden offering free Busch beer to drink.  Hundreds of exotic birds filled the fully interactive Bird Gardens.

               

 The Hospitality House and Gardens                                         

See photos of E. Anheuser and Adolphus Busch family from LIFE Magazine

Also see "Brewmasters Club"

See Anheuser and Busch descendant family tree

Chronology of past corporate leaders (President /CEO)
	Term	President/CEO	Born-Died	Notes
	1860–1880	Eberhard Anheuser	1805–1880	Predecessor company E. Anheuser & Co.
	1880–1913	Adolphus Busch	1839–1913	Incorporated Anheuser-Busch in 1875
	1913–1934	August Anheuser Busch, Sr.	1865–1934	Led the company through WW1, Prohibition and the Great Depression
	1934–1946	Adolphus Busch III	1891–1946	Turned the company’s baker’s yeast operations into the nation’s leader
	1946–1974	August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr.	1899–1989	Became prominent sportsman as owner of the St. Louis Cardinals franchise in Major League Baseball from 1953 until his death.   See family portrait
	1974–2002	August Anhueser Busch III	1937	Known as "Auggie" and as "The Third" or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch
	2002–2006	Patrick Stokes	1942	First time in history of the company that a non-Busch family member ran the day to day operations, while A.A.Busch III continued to serve on the Board.
	2006–2008	August A. Busch IV	1964	In April of 2008, Mr. Busch told beer distributors that Anheuser Busch would never be bought "on my watch." On July 13th, 2008, he signed off on the sale of Anheuser Busch to InBev, ending 150 years of family control.
	2008–	Dave Peacock		Current President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch. He was appointed by InBev to head the new subsidiary.

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Crafting the wagon

            30 days in the "Clydesdale cooler" for horsing around                            Clyde's harness

A visit to the Clydesdale Hamlet            The team in action           History

A speedier way to deliver Bud

Gardens in the area of the Hospitality House

Macaws on lookout

Flamingo Family

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