August Schinzing

Birth 04 AUG 1854 • St. Louis County, Missouri

Proprietor of the little Casino Saloon, White Oaks N.M.

Death 19 DEC 1930 • Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Seems that the name “Little Casino” is not original but copied from Las Vegas NM, a town where White Oaks received most of its supplies.: See article

When August Schinzing was born on August 4, 1854, in St Louis, Missouri, his father, Joseph, was 25 and his mother, Katherine, was 24. Somewhere between 1870 which year was living at home and 1900 his last name change to using the “Z” instead of the “G “in his name. He married Magdalene Rosslia Herzog and they had one son together. he married Clara in 1893 he was 44 in 1900 living in White Oaks she was 32 when he was a saloon proprietor. A Schinzing proprietor of the little casino saloon had tokens for drinks from 1893- 1897 See Tokens here

The 1890 census he died in the 19 dec 1930 in Nebraska she died and Clara his wife died and Harris County Texas 1940 they were both buried in Shelbyville Missouri and a joint grave

In 1910 him and his wife were living in Jackson Missouri and he was a transfer or whatever that maybe

See location where the Little Casino was located in White Oaks here

See all 51 of White Oaks Eagle newspaper clippings on Schinzing here

Timeline of events with the Little Casino

  • 1887 owned and operated By Captain Lee
  • 1888 Captain Lee sold to Schinzing
  • Jan 1, 1892 the Little Casino roof catches on fire
  • Sept 7 1894:Click Here
  • June 17, 1897 the Little Casino catches on fire but was saved
  • April 18, 1901 the Little Casino caught fire and was destroyed
  • May 16, 1901 Schinzing Starts rebuilding the Little Casino
  • June 26, 1902 Captain John Lee purchases the Little Casino
  • March 3, 1904 Little Casino catches on fire but was saved

If anyone has a picture of August Schinzing, please send to me!