The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 456 CARL G. STRAND. Carl G. Strand, identified with the ranching interests of the northwest since 1903, was born in LaCrosse county, Wisconsin, on the 17th of December, 1867. He is a brother of Julius O. Strand, in connection with whose sketch, found on another page of this work, is made mention of his parents and the family. He engaged in farming with his father until he reached his majority. In 1890 he removed to Pipestone county, Minnesota, where he carried on a general merchandise business at Ruthton until 1893. He then went to Cottonwood, Minnesota, where he published a newspaper and was also assistant cashier of the Bank of Cottonwood. At a subsequent date he became cashier of the Quarrymen's Bank of Sandstone, Minnesota, where he remained until 1900, when he removed to the northwest. Making his way to Tacoma, he spent three years as superintendent with the Northwestern Conserving Company of that place and in 1903 arrived in Yakima county, where in connection with his brother, J. O. Strand. he purchased two hundred acres of land on the Cowiche. Later they sold that property and Carl G. Strand purchased forty acres adjoining and also forty acres nearby, making eighty acres in all. He now has twelve acres planted to apples and his orchards are in fine condition, so that he annually gathers a large amount of fruit. The remainder of his land is planted to corn, hay and sugar beets and he gathers large crops each year. He is also engaged in the raising of hogs, which forms a profitable feature of his business. Upon his ranch he has built a good house and substantial barn and made other improvements, so that his place is today one of the excellent properties of the locality. On the 14th of August, 1894, Mr. Strand was married to Miss Emma Gunderson, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Gano and Randy (Torgerson) Gunderson. The children of this marriage are: Mildred, who is a teacher and resides at home; Gertrude, the wife of Charles Mayo, a rancher in the Cowiche valley, now with the United States army, by whom she has one child, Leland William; Adolph, who is with the Students' Army Training Corps at Pullman, Washington; Raymond, Ralph and Marjorie, all at home. The parents are charter members of the Lutheran church and take an active part in its work. In his political views Mr. Strand is a republican. He is classed with those self-made men to whom opportunity has ever been the call to action. He has for a number of years been accounted one of the successful farmers of the Cowiche, for throughout his entire life he has utilized every chance to make a forward step and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. There have been no esoteric phases in his career. His course has always been straightforward and the reliability and enterprise of his methods have constituted the broad foundation upon which he has built his prosperity. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.