Yukon who is who

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Ephraim J. “E.J.” Hamacher (1857 - 1935)
	
Ephraim Hamacher was born in Kitchener, Ontario.((Les McLaughlin, “Ephraim J. Hamacher.” Hougen Group of Companies, 2019 website: http://hougengroup.com/yukon-history/yukon-nuggets/ephraim-j-hamacher/)) He worked with Hilda Anderson in Ellensburg, Washington as the Anderson and Hamacher photography studio, circa 1885. In 1888, Hamacher started his own business in Ellensburg and Yakima, Washington. He was active in Oregon from 1895 to 1898. He went north in 1898 and photographed the Klondike gold rush.((University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Alaska and Pacific Northwest early photographers collection, detailed collection description.)) He stayed in Bennett until 1900, when the town was almost abandoned.((Les McLaughlin, “Ephraim J. Hamacher.” Hougen Group of Companies, 2019 website: http://hougengroup.com/yukon-history/yukon-nuggets/ephraim-j-hamacher/)) 
Hamacher arrived in Whitehorse, intending to continue on to Dawson, but his photographic supplies failed to arrive in time for shipment down river.((“E.J. Hamacher, well known photographer, passes away after brief illness.” //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse) 1 November 1935.)) He settled in Whitehorse and became successful by opening a general merchandise and photographic business. He had many partners in his photography business, including Jerry Doody. Hamacher sold photographs of Dawson but there is no evidence to suggest that he ever visited the Klondike. He had a mining claim in the Kluane mining district in 1904.((MacBride Museum reference files.)) 

Hamacher was a musician and a member of the Whitehorse band.((Margaret Crook, Norma L. Felker, and Helen Horback. //Lost Graves.// Whitehorse: City of Whitehorse, 1989: 34.)) He was a marksman on the town’s rifle range and an ardent curler. He spent volunteer hours repairing stones and score boards, and teaching novices how to play the various  curling shots. He was a gentleman of the old school, and a grand old man.((“E.J. Hamacher, well known photographer, passes away after brief illness.” //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse) 1 November 1935.)) 
Hamacher created a comprehensive visual history of the early days of Whitehorse. His photographs are held in the Yukon Archives and at the MacBride Museum in Whitehorse.((Les McLaughlin, “Ephraim J. Hamacher.” Hougen Group of Companies, 2019 website: http://hougengroup.com/yukon-history/yukon-nuggets/ephraim-j-hamacher/))