Ole Erickson came from Sweden (I believe) sometime earlier than Klepp. He built the house that still remains at the corner of West 7th and B Streets, directly across from and above the Moeck (1888) House. I don't remember any children there, but the yard was always meticulously groomed and landscaped.

Together they bought what remained of Moeck's Landing, at the base of West 7th St., and built a double, covered marine slipway (basically railroad tracks running down into deeper water). The roof was 60 or 70 feet tall, because they intended to build sailboats (which they did, for a time). They started the shipyard sometime in the early 1920's, after most of the sawmills had closed down. The location of the main slipway was just about where the parking lot of the Senior Center is located today. There was a fairly substantial pier between the SP&S railroad line (which ran basically where US 30 is located today), where lumber and supplies were stored. All the area on either side of W. 7th St. was tideland in the 1930's and 1940's, with the remains of sawmill and lumber mill docks, pilings and concrete piers for heavy equipment still remaining. And lots of blackberry vines. A St. ended at West 2nd St. in those days.

Klepp added a second, uncovered slipway to the West of the main shipyard as his business increased during WWII, and then a small marina further west. In addition to commercial work, he built at least two 30-to-40-foot cabin cruisers, which he named for his children - Eteck1 and Eteck2. (ElsieThelmaEricCarolKlepp).

Access to Klepp's shipyard (and the Moeck House) for many years was only via a one-lane tunnel under Old US 30 (West B St.) at the termination of West 7th St. (Fern Hill Rd.) The tunnel was filled in in the 1950's when B St. was widened. The remains of the access to the tunnel can be seen on the west side of W. 7th St as it terminates at B St. (the north entrance to the tunnel is visible from the new (in 1955) access road that was run down from the westbound side of B St. When that access road was built, Capt Moeck's old store (which had been moved up from the pier to just on the north side of B St.) was finally demolished.

It is interesting to note that the location of the new ROHM will be on the southwest edge of the old Klepp Marine Ways and Shipyard.