Cramer, Harriet L.

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Jacob Kamm was born in 1823 in Switzerland.

He came the United States as a small child with his parents. He was a pioneer steamboat engineer and transportation tycoon who made his fortune in Oregon. He became part-owner in the Jennie Clark, the first stern-wheeler in the Pacific Northwest. He married Caroline Gray in 1859. He was one of the founders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company with John C. Ainsworth. His company - Oregon Steam Navigation Company, controlled boats on all the important western rivers. He died in Portland in 1912.

From the description of Harriet Park Cramer photographic collection [graphic], 1931. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 774558410

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associatedWith Kamm, Jacob, 1823-1912 person
associatedWith Kamm, Katherine person
associatedWith McNaughton, Ernest Boyd, 1880-1960 person
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