An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 295-296.

AUGUST BUCHLER, proprietor of the Columbia Brewery, The Dalles, Oregon, a
popular and influential citizen of Wasco county, was born in the Canton of
Appenzell, Switzerland, August 8, 1841, the son of Anton and Francisca (Neff)
Buchler. They were, also, natives of Switzerland, where the father died in 1853,
the mother in 1871. For many years Anton Buchler was proprietor of a summer
resort which was freely patronized by tourists and others.      

Our subject was sixteen years of age when he left school, and entered a
wholesale grocery and wine house for the purpose of thoroughly learning the
business. Later he traveled for the same firm, successfully selling goods in
Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Sicily and France. It was in 1864 that he came to
the United States, going directly to Montana, where for seven years he was
engaged in mining. In November, 1871, he migrated to Portland, Oregon, and for
seven more years was in the employment of the Weinhardt brewery. He arrived at
The Dalles April 16, 1877, where he purchased a brewery and eleven and one-half
lots from Emil Schanno, which he has since prosperously conducted. Throughout
the counties adjacent to Wasco his beer is freely sold, and Mr. Buchler employs
from five to seven men in its manufacture.      

He was united in marriage, October 8, 1875, at Portland, Oregon, to Sarah
Buckhalter, a native of Pennsylvania, the daughter of Stephen and Susan (Jacoby)
Buckhalter, both of whom were born in the Keystone State, and descendants, each,
of old Dutch families. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject's wife came
from Switzerland. Stephen Buckhalter died in Hillsboro, Oregon, November 26,
1903. His widow still lives at Hillsboro, where she came with her husband in
1874. Mr. Buchler has one brother and two sisters: Albert, a retired merchant,
passing the sunset of life amid the picturesque scenes of Switzerland; Paulina,
widow of Jacob Breitenmoser, of Switzerland; and Amanda, wife of Edward Grass,
also of Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Buchler have seven children: Dollie, wife of
Charles Tibbetts in the dairy business, Monterey, California; Bertha, married to
Ernest Gerichten, bookkeeper in our subject's brewery; Rosie, wife of James
Shim, of Baker City, Oregon; Mamie, wife of Claude Martin, a miller in The
Dalles; and Herbert, Adolph and Jennie, school children. Mr. Buchler affiliates
with the B.P.O.E., and the A.U.U.W. He is, politically, independent, and for
many years was water commissioner of The Dalles. Mrs. Buchler has two brothers
and three sisters.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.