The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 320

LOUIS POULSEN.

A well improved ranch property pays tribute to the care and labor bestowed upon
it by its owner, Louis Poulsen, now one of the representative agriculturists of
Kittitas county. He was born in Denmark, August 19, 1869, a son of Paul and Mary
Poulsen, both of whom are now deceased. He came to the United States in 1893,
when a young man of about twenty-four years, spending two years in Chicago,
after which he came to the northwest, settling in Kittitas county, Washington,
in 1894. For four years he engaged in mining at the Swack mines in this county
and in 1898 he went to Alaska, where he engaged in mining for four years,
prospering during the period of his residence in that section and making enough
to buy his farm.

In 1902 Mr. Poulsen returned to Washington and purchased one hundred and twenty
acres of land in Kittitas county, near Ellensburg. Later he sold forty acres of
this but still retains eighty acres and upon his ranch he has built a fine home,
also large and substantial barns and all modern improvements. He raises hay and
grain and carefully studies the needs of the soil and the crops best adapted to
climatic conditions here. His work is at all times practical and his enterprise
and diligence are the basis of his success. He has the latest improved machinery
upon his place and in fact his is one of the model ranches of this section, his
business being most carefully and wisely managed.

In 1904 Mr. Poulsen was united in marriage to Miss Nettie Deilig, who was born
in Springfield, Illinois. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and his political faith is that of the republican party. He has
traveled quite extensively, seeing much of the world and thus constantly
broadening his knowledge by experience. He has a wide acquaintance in Kittitas
county and all attest his worth as a man and citizen.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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