Carson Long

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William Carson Long, better known as Carson, was killed in a freak logging accident on March 5, 1912. He had graduated from the University of Michigan in 1908 and made his way to the Pacific Northwest to pursue his interest in lumbering. At the time of the accident he was working for Cascade Lumber Company in North Yakima, Washington; a company in which his father, Theodore K. Long, had an interest. He was twenty-three years old, athletic and strongly built. He showed great natural ability in his chosen career before his life was cut short.

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