The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 684
A photograph of E. W. Brackett’s residence appears in this publication.

E. W. BRACKETT.

Nature has been not only kindly but lavish in her gifts. Nestled among the
mountains are to be found the valleys whose fertility responds readily to the
care and labor of man. The Yakima valley has proven one of the most productive
regions of the great west, for within its boundaries are raised great crops of
wheat and other grains and the land has been found to be equally valuable for
fruit production. Numbered among the successful farmers of this district is E.
W. Brackett, who has come to the Pacific coast from the Atlantic seaboard. He
was born in Sharon, Massachusetts, April 9, 1869, a son of Francis A. and Maria
(Drake) Brackett. The latter died in 1872. The family came to Yakima county on
the 16th of September. 1890. The father purchased eighty acres of land on the
Tieton drive, about two miles west of Yakima, of which only twenty acres was
under water, but when the Congdon ditch was built the entire tract was
irrigated. There the father extensively and successfully engaged in the raising
of cantaloupes and other melons, also hay and various crops. Eventually,
however, he removed to Corning, California, where he passed away in 1915. During
the period of the Civil war Francis A. Brackett ably defended the interests of
the Union as a soldier of the First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

E. W. Brackett spent his youthful days upon his father's farm and early became
familiar with all of the work necessary for its development and cultivation.
After attaining man's estate he purchased a part of his father's land and has
since successfully operated it. He now has about seventy acres, of which sixty
acres is planted to orchard, and he raises large crops of apples, pears, peaches
and cherries. He has his own packing plant and storage basement -- in fact every
equipment for the care of the fruit is to be found upon his place. He has made a
close study of the kinds of fruit that may best be raised in this locality and
has also exhaustively studied the best methods of keeping the soil in good
condition. His orchards are a picture of beauty in green and red, tints and
gold-a picture of bountiful nature's gifts when in season red and golden apples
and multicolored other luscious fruit in rich ripeness grace the foliage of
vigorous trees bent under loads of harvest blessings.

On the 21st of March, 1900, Mr. Brackett was married to Miss Ida H. Carvosso, of
Yakima, and they have three children: Leroy, Cecil and Rosemary. Mr. Brackett
became a charter member of the Grange and he attends the Methodist church. In
politics his attitude is that of an independent republican who, usually voting
for the men and measures of the party, does not hesitate to cast an independent
ballot if his judgment so dictates.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.