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Jacob Kamm (12 December 1823 – 16 December 1912) was a prominent early transportation businessman in Oregon, USA. Early lifeKamm was born on 12 December 1823, in Canton of Glarus, Switzerland.[1][2][2] His family migrated to America when he was 8 to Illinois, St. Louis and then New Orleans.[2][2][3] He worked as a printer's devil beginning at age 12.[7] A story repeated after Kamm's death was that a thief stole $12 from him in 1837, leading Kamm to work on a Mississippi steamer, the Ark, as a cabin boy.[2][3] Trained as an engineer on the Mississippi River, he was certified chief engineer with the St. Louis Association of Steamboat Engineers at age 25.[2] In 1849, he moved west with the California Gold Rush, piloting the Blackhawk, a steamer, on the Sacramento River.[2] OregonKamm moved to Oregon in 1850 after being hired by the Milwaukie founder Lot Whitcomb onto his ship, The Lot Whitcomb, being the chief engineer on the Willamette River.[2][2][14] The Lot Whitcomb was launched on 25 December 1850.[2] Kamm and John C. Ainsworth joined with Abernathy and Clark, merchants from Oregon City, in 1854 or 1855 to build the Jenny Clark, a sternwheeler on the Willamette.[2][14] Kamm owned half of the Jenny Clark, Ainsworth owned a quarter, and Abernathy and Clark shared the remaining quarter.[14] They then built the Carrie Ladd steamer in 1858, called the "keystone of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company".[14] He was a founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company in 1879 and a shareholder in the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company.[2][21] He built steamboats including in 1891, the Ocean Wave and in 1900, Athlon.[21] One of the companies he owned was the Vancouver Transportation Company.[4] Kamm sold property to the city in about 1910 to construct Old Lincoln High School, currently known as Portland State University's Lincoln Hall.[5][6] His 1870s French Second Empire style home, the Jacob Kamm House was moved from its 14th and Main location in the 1950s to construct the current Lincoln High School.[2] This estate near 14th and Main contained {{convert|11|acre|m2}}.[2] Personal lifeKamm married Caroline Augusta Gray on 13 September 1859 during the Pig War, on the PS Eliza Anderson steamer just outside Fort Hope, Canada.[7][29][30] They had one son, Charles Tilton Kamm (1860-1906).[2][29][8][34] Kamm was a Mason, being inducted at age 21 in St. Louis.[2][36] In Portland, he was affiliated with the Multnomah Lodge in Oregon City, then the Willamette Lodge in Portland.[2] He was also a Knights Templar and a Shriner.[2] Caroline Augusta Gray was born on 16 October 1840 at Camp Lapwai, outside Lewiston, Idaho.[9] Her father was William H. Gray.[9] She died in 1932.[10] Late life and deathIn December 1907, Kamm was "run down by a reckless bicycle rider" in Portland.[11][12] Another report described the bicyclist as a "careless boy bicyclist"; Kamm was confined to his bed for many days.[13] Kamm became ill on 1 December 1912, "being an invalid" since the 1907 bicycle wreck.[14][15] By December 13, The Oregonian reported he "may only live a few hours", stating his condition was "sinking rapidly".[14] The following day, he entered a coma and died.[16][17][18] He was buried at the River View Cemetery in Portland.[19][20] At time of death, his estate was valued at approximately $4 million.[21][14][22][23] Aside from the Jacob Kamm home and property, he also owned a half-block building at Front and Pine, a quarter block at Third and Yamhill, a quarter block at First and Washington, the Vancouver Transportation Company, was a "heavy stockholder" in the First National Bank of Astoria, and a "heavy stockholder" in the First National Bank of Portland. He also owned valuable property on Market Street in San Francisco.[16] At the time of his death, the Vancouver Transportation Company operated two ships: the Lurline and Undine on routes between Portland and Astoria.[16] In 1929, E.W. Wright, a marine historian, wrote that Kamm was one of "two outstanding figures whose leadership in Columbia river steamboating will never be disputed".[24] References1. ^{{cite web |url = https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/15612f3c-d7f9-45bd-8b6d-0e2f636b4cb1 |title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory- Nomination Form: Kamm (Jacob) House |publisher=State Historic Preservation Office |location=Portland, Oregon |accessdate=March 24, 2018}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|title=Thief put Kamm on Map|last=Deane|first=Early|date=19 December 1965|work=The Oregonian|pages=F6|accessdate=}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Scott|first=Harvey W.|title=History of Portland, Oregon|year=1890|oclc=4342776}} 4. ^1 2 Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at page 60, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA, 1966 5. ^{{cite news|title=Rush Job Ordered. District to Build before Restrictions Are Enforced|date=16 July 1910|work=The Oregonian|pages=9|accessdate=}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=History of Education in Portland|editor=Alfred Powers, Howard McKinley Corning|publisher=WPA Adult Education Project|year=1937|accessdate=|pages=184, 241}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Historic house set for 3rd lease on life|last=Sullivan|first=Ann|date=27 November 1984|work=The Oregonian|pages=MP2|accessdate=}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|title=Copy of will is offered|date=16 January 1913|work=The Oregonian|pages=3|accessdate=}} 9. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Mrs. Jacob Kamm observes 90th birthday anniversary|date=18 October 1930|work=The Oregonian|pages=3|accessdate=}} 10. ^1 {{cite news|title=Portland Youth Play in Adventure House|date=11 August 1946|work=The Oregonian|pages=5|accessdate=}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=City News in Brief|date=21 December 1907|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Little Improvement Noticed|date=23 December 1907|work=The Oregonian|pages=7|accessdate=}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Jacob Kamm Improving|date=26 December 1907|work=The Oregonian|pages=7|accessdate=}} 14. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Jacob Kamm Now Dying. Veteran Steamship Man Here May Live Few Hours|date=13 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=1|accessdate=}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=Jacob Kamm Takes to Bed. Hopeful Responses Are Made to Inquiries as to His Condition|date=5 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=}} 16. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite news|title=Jacob Kamm Now in State of Coma. Veteran Portland Man's Life Slowly Ebbs out and End in Near|date=14 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=4|accessdate=}} 17. ^{{cite news|title=Death Notices|date=15 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=8|accessdate=}} 18. ^1 {{cite news |url = https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1912-12-15/ed-1/seq-4/ |title = Jacob Kamm Dies |date = December 15, 1912 |work = The Sunday Oregonian |location = Portland, Oregon |at = sec.1 p.4 |volume = XXXI No. 50 |accessdate = March 24, 2018}} 19. ^{{cite news|title=Kamm burial is today|date=16 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=7|accessdate=}} 20. ^{{cite news|title=Jacob Kamm is buried: Masons officiate at funeral of brother|date=17 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=11|accessdate=}} 21. ^1 {{cite news|title= Kamm's Widow is Chief Beneficiary. Dead Transportation Man's Will Creates Trust Fund for Four Grandchildren|date=20 December 1912|work=The Oregonian|pages=15|accessdate=}} 22. ^{{cite news|title=Kamm Estate Big. Value of $1,767,721,87 Placed on 2 Counties' Properties;|date=28 January 1913|work=The Oregonian|pages=16|accessdate=}} 23. ^{{cite news|title=Legislative Acts or Legal Proceedings |date=7 February 1913|work=The Oregonian|pages=7|accessdate=}} 24. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Credit for using river boats given Captain Ainsworth and Jacob Kamm|last=Wright|first=E. W.|date=10 February 1929|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=}} External links
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