Jacob was originally from Saxe-Weimar-Eisnach, Germany. (His wife, Mary Fisher, was also originally from Germany as well - they met and married in the States.)
Jacob was a stonecutter, (worked on the foundation of the State Capitol Building), a miner (mined on Weber Creek), and eventually a vintner.
He and his brother Antone purchased 520 acres near the town of Sweetwater. This was one of the first vineyards in the county. In 1857, that vineyard produced 1,800 gallons of wine which sold for $1.50 per gallon. In 1859 Jacob added a small distillery to his operation and made 12-14 gallons of brandy in addition to the four to six thousand gallons of wine. Jacob was so successful that he paid the second-highest taxes in El Dorado County - $5,500.
He built two other adobe buildings south of the winery: a smoke house and bakery, a granary with a cement floor, and a distillery with a floor tiled with fitted rocks which the family lived in until the house was finished. In 1871, Jacob built the two-story family house across the road from the winery. The home often served as a social center with dances held on Saturday nights, and banquets on special occasions.
Jacob's sons assisted him in cultivating the grape vines and transporting wine to the Skinner Winery on Green Valley at Cameron Park Drive, which is now a nursery.
Daughter Hanna married Louis Klumpp in a double wedding with George and Anna Zentgraf on Oct. 13, 1885. Hanna lived to age 99. Her son, George, was the Mayor of Sacramento, and owned Klumpp Funeral Home in Sacramento.
Jacob was a stonecutter, (worked on the foundation of the State Capitol Building), a miner (mined on Weber Creek), and eventually a vintner.
He and his brother Antone purchased 520 acres near the town of Sweetwater. This was one of the first vineyards in the county. In 1857, that vineyard produced 1,800 gallons of wine which sold for $1.50 per gallon. In 1859 Jacob added a small distillery to his operation and made 12-14 gallons of brandy in addition to the four to six thousand gallons of wine. Jacob was so successful that he paid the second-highest taxes in El Dorado County - $5,500.
He built two other adobe buildings south of the winery: a smoke house and bakery, a granary with a cement floor, and a distillery with a floor tiled with fitted rocks which the family lived in until the house was finished. In 1871, Jacob built the two-story family house across the road from the winery. The home often served as a social center with dances held on Saturday nights, and banquets on special occasions.
Jacob's sons assisted him in cultivating the grape vines and transporting wine to the Skinner Winery on Green Valley at Cameron Park Drive, which is now a nursery.
Daughter Hanna married Louis Klumpp in a double wedding with George and Anna Zentgraf on Oct. 13, 1885. Hanna lived to age 99. Her son, George, was the Mayor of Sacramento, and owned Klumpp Funeral Home in Sacramento.
Jacob was originally from Saxe-Weimar-Eisnach, Germany. (His wife, Mary Fisher, was also originally from Germany as well - they met and married in the States.)
Jacob was a stonecutter, (worked on the foundation of the State Capitol Building), a miner (mined on Weber Creek), and eventually a vintner.
He and his brother Antone purchased 520 acres near the town of Sweetwater. This was one of the first vineyards in the county. In 1857, that vineyard produced 1,800 gallons of wine which sold for $1.50 per gallon. In 1859 Jacob added a small distillery to his operation and made 12-14 gallons of brandy in addition to the four to six thousand gallons of wine. Jacob was so successful that he paid the second-highest taxes in El Dorado County - $5,500.
He built two other adobe buildings south of the winery: a smoke house and bakery, a granary with a cement floor, and a distillery with a floor tiled with fitted rocks which the family lived in until the house was finished. In 1871, Jacob built the two-story family house across the road from the winery. The home often served as a social center with dances held on Saturday nights, and banquets on special occasions.
Jacob's sons assisted him in cultivating the grape vines and transporting wine to the Skinner Winery on Green Valley at Cameron Park Drive, which is now a nursery.
Daughter Hanna married Louis Klumpp in a double wedding with George and Anna Zentgraf on Oct. 13, 1885. Hanna lived to age 99. Her son, George, was the Mayor of Sacramento, and owned Klumpp Funeral Home in Sacramento.
Jacob was a stonecutter, (worked on the foundation of the State Capitol Building), a miner (mined on Weber Creek), and eventually a vintner.
He and his brother Antone purchased 520 acres near the town of Sweetwater. This was one of the first vineyards in the county. In 1857, that vineyard produced 1,800 gallons of wine which sold for $1.50 per gallon. In 1859 Jacob added a small distillery to his operation and made 12-14 gallons of brandy in addition to the four to six thousand gallons of wine. Jacob was so successful that he paid the second-highest taxes in El Dorado County - $5,500.
He built two other adobe buildings south of the winery: a smoke house and bakery, a granary with a cement floor, and a distillery with a floor tiled with fitted rocks which the family lived in until the house was finished. In 1871, Jacob built the two-story family house across the road from the winery. The home often served as a social center with dances held on Saturday nights, and banquets on special occasions.
Jacob's sons assisted him in cultivating the grape vines and transporting wine to the Skinner Winery on Green Valley at Cameron Park Drive, which is now a nursery.
Daughter Hanna married Louis Klumpp in a double wedding with George and Anna Zentgraf on Oct. 13, 1885. Hanna lived to age 99. Her son, George, was the Mayor of Sacramento, and owned Klumpp Funeral Home in Sacramento.
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