The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1031 

NELS NYSTROM.

Nels Nystrom, a successful orchardist, who in 1913 began the development of a
place on Ahtanum Heights, was born in Sweden on the 14th of September, 1865. a
son of Per and Martha (Nelson) Nystrom. On coming to the United States they made
their way first to Omaha, Nebraska, where their latter days were passed, both
dying in that city.

Nels Nystrom acquired a public school education and crossed the Atlantic to the
new world in 1883. He first made his way to Kansas, where he was employed as a
farm hand for about five years, and in 1888 he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he
took up carpentering and eventually became a contractor. He was thus identified
with building interests until about 1904, when he removed to St. Paul,
Minnesota, where he engaged in contracting and in carpenter work until 1913. In
the latter year he arrived in Yakima county, Washington, and purchased ten acres
of land on Atanum Heights. He has since planted this to apples, using pears and
peaches as fillers. He has built an attractive home upon his place and is now
successfully carrying on his work as an orchardist.

On the 5th of May, 1898, Mr. Nystrom was united in marriage to Miss Sophia
Carlson, a native of Sweden and a daughter of Carl and Sarah Carlson. who came
to the United States in 1900. The mother has passed away but the father survives
and is living retired from active business in Yakima county. Mr. and Mrs.
Nystrom have become parents of two sons, Clarence and Carl, the former born
March 1, 1899, and the latter on the 15th of April, 1901.

In his political views Mr. Nystrom is a republican and keeps well informed on
the questions and issues of the day but has not been an office seeker. He and
his wife are members of the Congregational church and are recognized as people
of sterling worth, meriting the high regard and good will which are uniformly
extended to them by those with whom they have become acquainted during the years
of their residence in the northwest.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.