In the cold winter of 1923, Roy Wilson, a 35-year-old male logger, embarked on a fur-trapping venture in the remote wilderness of Deschutes County, Oregon. He, along with his companions Edward Nickols, 50, and Dewey Morris, 25, settled into a log cabin near Little Lava Lake, intending to spend the season harvesting valuable furs. The trio, all residents of Bend, had a promising start. Just before Christmas, Nickols had traveled to town in good spirits, reporting that their trapping efforts were
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