Primo Capraro
Primo Modesto Capraro (Belluno, Italy, 1873 – San Carlos of Bariloche, Argentina, 1933) was an Italian businessman constructor based in southern Argentina. He was a pioneer in the trade, the industry and the tourism of the region of San Carlos of Bariloche. Biography He studied in the industrial school of his home town and loaned military service like pontonier, devoting since, to carpentry and construction. He promised marriage to his girlfriend Matilde for after a trip to Latin America, where he would try to enrich himself quickly; after failing on his attempt in Mexico, Santiago of Chile and the city de Mendoza – where he worked for a rail company – he traveled to the region of Bariloche to look for gold. He arrived to the zone of lake Nahuel Huapi, in April 1903, and installed himself in the lake Correntoso. There he devoted to carpentry and to the construction in wood, and was the constructor of the greater part of the first houses of San Carlos of Bariloche. When he gathered sufficient capital, he founded the Commercial Company and Grazier Chile Argentina and created a fleet of small crafts to cross the lake. Of impotent appearance, he was high