Steve Cottrell: Bailey Gatzert found success in Seattle – The Union of Grass Valley
During the peak years of the gold rush, Nevada City and Grass Valley had a combined Jewish population exceeded in California only by San Francisco and Sacramento. Some were miners, but many were shopkeepers. Rosenberg, Baruh, Rosenheim, Levy, Rosenthal, and Blumenthal were among the names associated with local Jewish businesses, as was Bailey Gatzert. Gatzert,…