Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: CARLSON, Walter A. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 45


WALTER A. CARLSON.

	Walter A. Carlson is a representative and progressive young 
farmer of Weld county who has but recently passed the twenty sixth 
milestone on life's journey. He was born in Nebraska in December, 1892, 
and is a son of Gus J. and Mary Carlson. The father was a native of 
Sweden and in early life came to the new world. He has long been 
identified with agricultural interests and he and his wife are now 
living in Iowa, where he owns and cultivates an excellent farm of three 
hundred acres, which he has brought under a high state of development 
and to which he has added many substantial improvements.

	Walter A. Carlson acquired a public school education, but his 
activities in that direction were somewhat limited owing to the fact 
that he early began to assist in the work of the home farm. His 
training in that direction, however, was not meager and he soon became 
familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the 
crops. He remained a resident of the Mississippi valley until 1908, 
when he determined to try his fortune in the west, believing that he 
would have better opportunities in the new but growing country. 
Accordingly he made his way to Weld county in 1908 and six years ago he 
purchased his present farm, comprising one hundred and seventy acres of 
land situated on section 17, township 6, not far from Lucerne. Here he 
is engaged largely in the production of grain, hay, beets and potatoes 
and annually gathers good crops as the result of his careful and 
systematic management of his business interests. He is also engaged in 
feeding stock. He has never regretted his determination to remove to 
the west, for he here found the business opportunities which he sought 
and in their utilization has made steady progress.

	Mr. Carlson is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is loyal to 
its teachings and its purposes. He is regarded as an alert, energetic 
young man, possessed of many sterling traits of character, and those 
who know him speak of him in terms of warm regard.