Andrew Jackson Zilker was an enterprising young man who understood the value of a frosty cold beverage. After arriving in Austin at the age of 18 in 1876, Zilker made his living in the ice business, running the immensely successful Lone Star Ice Works during a historical period when artificial ice was still a novelty viewed with some suspicion by the public. Zilker's profits in the ice trade built the foundation of his great personal . . .
