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Lost Grass Valley Gold Rush History of the Wilhelm & Binkleman Pioneer Families by Waldo C.F. Potter (2024) (374 pages)
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Illustration of Grass Valley, circa 1851 (courtesy Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley)
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Lithograph of Grass Valley in 1857
Daught’s historical family document discusses how the Binklemanns arrived in Grass Valley in 1853
when David first tried placer mining in Wolf Creek. When that did not go well, he took work with a baker
in Grass Valley. . believe the bronze plaque to the left of the front door of the Binklemann Brewery best
tells the story.
The following pages are from Brown & Dallison’s Nevada, Grass Valley, and Rough and Ready Directory
for the year commencing January 1°, 1856. This is an excellent historical directory. You will see a copy
of the first page of the list of names of men in Grass Valley at that time. Women were not listed. You
will see David Binkleman listed as a “baker,” proving his original profession, which he learned in
Germany, practiced in New York City, and then tried to make a go of it in Grass Valley. We know from
written history that this business was unsuccessful in early Grass Valley, and David Binkleman turned to
the artisan craft of beer brewing. Germans are famous for their knowledge and skills in the brewing of
fine beers. The brass plaque below shows that he worked as a baker from 1853-1855 when he went
into a partnership in a beer brewery. By 1861, he had built a brick building for his Grass Valley Brewery.
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