Brothers Joseph and Attlian Kappenmann came to San Rafael when it was “little more than a hamlet” and owned and operated numerous drinking establishments over the years. The German-born Kappenmanns immigrated to the United States in the early 1870s and ran Germania Hall, a saloon and billiard parlor that was formerly the Golden Gate Saloon. […]
A tradition that started with a 19th-century birthday party will be carried on at the Germania Club in Pembroke on Saturday, October 14 when the club holds its annual Oktoberfest.