The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 947 

OSCAR CARLSON.

Oscar Carlson, for eighteen years a resident of Yakima county, started upon his
business career here by working for wages. He is truly a self-made man, for
whatever he has achieved is the direct result of his industry and perseverance.
He carefully saved his earnings until he was able to purchase property and
today he is the owner of thirty acres of excellent land on Academy Heights. He
was born in Sweden, September 5, 1882, a son of Carl J. and Christina (Anderson)
Johnson, both of whom are living in Sweden, where the father devotes his
attention to agricultural pursuits.

Oscar Carlson acquired a public school education in his native land and there
remained to the age of eighteen years, when he determined to try his fortune in
America. Accordingly he severed home ties and in 1900 crossed the Atlantic,
making his way to Geneva, Illinois, where he lived for a year. In 1901 he came
to Yakima county, where he began working for wages. He carefully saved his
earnings as the years passed and in 1910 he purchased ten acres of land in the
Moxee valley. He then devoted his energies to the development and improvement of
that place until 1916, when he sold it to his brother and bought thirty acres of
land on Academy Heights. He has planted altogether eighty acres of orchards for
other landowners in this locality and has done much therefore to develop the
fruit raising interests of the district. His own land is devoted to the raising
of hay, grain, beets and onions and he also raises a large number of hogs
annually. His place is improved with a good residence, which he built, and with
modern equipment that indicates his progressive spirit and his determination to
make his farm a paying proposition.

In August, 1918, Mr. Carlson was united in marriage to Miss Emma Rieger, who was
born in Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Catholic church, while Mr. Carlson
has membership in the Lutheran church. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party, which finds in him a stalwart supporter. He is a man of
genuine personal worth. His neighbors speak of him in terms of high regard and
all with whom he has had business relations recognize in him the honesty and
straightforwardness characteristic of the Swedish people. He has never had
occasion to regret coming to the new world, for in utilizing the opportunities
which he here found he has made steady progress toward the goal of prosperity.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.