Kalman Haas (1847–1920) was an American businessman, co-founder of the Haas Brothers and member of the Haas family.
Biography
Haas was born to a Jewish family[1] in Reckendorf, Bavaria, one of nine children including brothers Charles A. (b. 1825) and Samuel (b. 1827), and sisters Flora, Johanna, Sophia, Babete, Lena, and Anna.[2] He immigrated to New York at the age of 15 with his brothers where they peddled notions saving money to travel West.[3] The brothers first worked as miners and seeing that there was more money in retailing began to sell goods to miners.[2] In 1854, he moved to Portland, Oregon where he founded a grocery store.[3] (His cousin, Abraham Haas