The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 799 LOUIS BREAUM. Louis Breaum is the owner of a fine home and splendid orchards in the lower Naches valley. He was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, May 12, 1873, a son of Louis and Annie C. Breaum, both of whom have passed away. About 1879 they removed with their family to Stark county, North Dakota. becoming early settlers of that region. The father erected the first building at Taylor and also at Richardton, North Dakota, where he and his wife lived until called to their final rest. They were farming people and he contributed in considerable measure to the pioneer development of that region. Louis Breaum acquired a public school education in North Dakota and afterward spent some time in Michigan and in Minnesota, where he worked in the lumber camps and on farms. His identification with the northwest dates from 1890, in which year he arrived in Seattle, Washington, where he was employed for seven years. Subsequently he returned to the east and later became a resident of Montana, where he engaged in the live stock business. Removing to Idaho, he there devoted his attention to mining and in 1904 he came to Yakima county. Here he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the Wenas but after occupying that place for two years sold it. He then took up his abode in the lower Naches and purchased his present farm property. He now has twelve and a half acres of land, all planted to apples, pears, peaches and cherries, and his orchards are among the finest of the locality. He cultivates his trees according to the most modern and scientific methods and everything about his place is indicative of thorough care and system. He has built a fine home and he has modern improvements and equipment, facilitating the care of his orchards and rendering life comfortable. On the 12th of July, 1903, Mr. Breaum was married to Miss Christina Olson, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Thomas and Annie Olson, who were pioneer people of North Dakota, where they followed farming. Mr. and Mrs. Breaum have become parents of four children: Albert Lloyd, who died July 26, 1915, at the age of nine years, eight months and four clays; one who died in infancy: Thomas Llewellyn, born September 5. 1909; and Louis Lloyd, born March 2, 1918. Mr. Breaum maintains an independent political course nor has he ever been ambitious to hold office. He prefers to be known as a successful farmer and to this end he is bending every effort and every ounce of his energy to the development and improvement of his orchard land. He is greatly interested in the subject of fruit raising from every possible standpoint and that his methods are at once practical and progressive is indicated in the excellent results which have attended them. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.