Thea Christiansen Foss (8 June 1857 - 7 June 1927) was the founder of Foss Maritime, the largest tugboat company in the western United States, and the real-life person on which the "Tugboat Annie" series was based. Thea came to the United States from Eidsberg, Norway and married Norwegian immigrant Andrew Foss in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1889 she started the Foss Launch Company, which eventually became the Seattle-based Foss Maritime. Wikipedia
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In 1889, the year Washington achieved statehood, Norwegian immigrant Thea Christiansen Foss arrived in Tacoma on the newly opened Northern Pacific Railroad. With transportation limited to train, horse-drawn buggies, and boats, Thea quickly recognized a bu www.findingthea.com