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From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb March 8, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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JESSE L. LONG

	Jesse L.Long, logger, contractor and general farmer, residing two
miles south of Newport, Stevens county, was born in Dayton, Washington, 
March 3, 1870.  His parents who are mentioned in the article in this work 
devoted to John H. Long, were John and Ann (Barker) Long, the father a 
native of Ohio the mother of Missouri.
	Our subject received his initial schooling in Columbia county, and 
at the age of fourteen he was riding in the ranges following the cattle of 
his father.  He rented land in 1889, in 1890 he engaged in the meat 
business, and in 1892 removed to Sandpoint, Idaho, following the same 
employment. Thence he went to Garfield, where he again attended school, and 
came to Stevens county in the winter of 1892-3.  The first business to 
engage his attention was that of cutting wood and ties, but in 1898 he went 
to Kendrick where he remained until the spring of 1900, when he returned to 
Stevens county, where he now lives.  He secured a homestead in 1891 and 
subsequently purchased forty acres, making two hundred acres in all. 
Although it is mainly timber land there are about fifty acres of meadow, and 
he breeds some stock.
	Mrs. Long, the mother of our subject, is the mother of five boys and
five girls.  With her husband she crossed the plains in 1852, the party
driving two hundred head of cattle, one hundred of which her husband owned.
Going to California they sold the cows for one hundred and fifty and two 
hundred dollars apiece.  While crossing the plains the party were afflicted 
with cholera, from which several of them died.  Her father, Dr. Barker, was
among the victims.  They also experienced considerable trouble with hostile
Indians.  The trip occupied from April 10, to September 15.  Politically Mr.
Long is a Democrat.