The family moved to the Lewiston area in 1915. During the Great Depression he supported himself by walking to the mines in the Gospel-Hump and Florence area south of Grangeville and splitting wood for the winter.
He and Mary I. Dobins were married at Lewiston Dec. 1, 1939. That same year he and Harold (Coach) Campbell formed a partnership in a combination service station, restaurant, and bar on the corner of 21st and Main Streets in Lewiston, and the Stables night club in North Lewiston.
In 1942 they purchased Canter's Inn from Gordon Canter. The partnership was dissolved in 1952, with Campbell keeping the Stables and the Longfellows retaining Canter's Inn. In 1956 Longfellow and his wife built a new Canter's Inn next to its original location in Lewiston Orchards. They sold the bar in 1975.
After retiring, he cooked in hunting camps at Moose Creek on the Selway River, at Whitewater Ranch on the Salmon River and at the Benton Meadows cow camp near Waha.
His wife died May 20, 1993.
He was preceeded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
He was an outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. He was an avid reader.
He was preceeded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Lewiston Tribune March 7, 1994
The family moved to the Lewiston area in 1915. During the Great Depression he supported himself by walking to the mines in the Gospel-Hump and Florence area south of Grangeville and splitting wood for the winter.
He and Mary I. Dobins were married at Lewiston Dec. 1, 1939. That same year he and Harold (Coach) Campbell formed a partnership in a combination service station, restaurant, and bar on the corner of 21st and Main Streets in Lewiston, and the Stables night club in North Lewiston.
In 1942 they purchased Canter's Inn from Gordon Canter. The partnership was dissolved in 1952, with Campbell keeping the Stables and the Longfellows retaining Canter's Inn. In 1956 Longfellow and his wife built a new Canter's Inn next to its original location in Lewiston Orchards. They sold the bar in 1975.
After retiring, he cooked in hunting camps at Moose Creek on the Selway River, at Whitewater Ranch on the Salmon River and at the Benton Meadows cow camp near Waha.
His wife died May 20, 1993.
He was preceeded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
He was an outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. He was an avid reader.
He was preceeded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Lewiston Tribune March 7, 1994
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