The gritty surface of a cedar log was warm to the touch as the pioneer leaned against his masterpiece in the coastal sun.
Standing on the waterfront several feet ahead, his son adjusted his camera, framing his father as he posed before his newly built cabin, surrounded by the towering forests that once covered Old Town.
The year was 1866, nearly a decade before Tacoma was founded, and just two years after Job Carr arrived in the Evergreen State…