The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 221 HERBERT C. WALKER. Herbert C. Walker, who is devoting his time to the raising of apples and pears upon a good ranch near Yakima, was born in Dansville, New York, July 31, 1878, a son of F. C. and Charlotte (Pickstock) Walker, who in 1895 left the east and removed with their family to Tacoma, Washington, where the father is now vice president and manager of the department store owned by the Stone & Fisher Company. Herbert C. Walker acquired a public school education in the Empire state, supplemented by study in the Whitworth College and the Tacoma Business College. His practical business training was received under the direction of his father in the store at Tacoma and after preliminary experience he was made manager of the linen department, so continuing until 1908, when he removed to the Yakima valley, for he had determined to withdraw from commercial connections and enter upon a business career that would keep him out of doors. Attracted by the possibilities for horticultural development in the Yakima valley, he purchased ten acres of land four and a quarter miles west of the Yakima depot. A part of the tract was already planted to fruit and he has set out the balance to fruit, making a specialty of apples and pears. The old house upon the place was destroyed by fire and Mr. Walker built a modern and attractive residence. Everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance and his unfaltering care and unwearied industry have converted his ranch into one of the profit bearing properties of the district. He also rents ten acres more of fruit orchard and he has a twenty acre tract, which he has planted to hay and corn. He is prompted by a laudable ambition in all that he undertakes and wisely utilizes every opportunity that comes to him. On the 24th of August, 1904, Mr. Walker was married to Miss Alberta Race, of Tacoma, a daughter of Frank E. and Anna Race, who were pioneer settlers of Beloit, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have five children, Charlotte, Kathryn, Franklin, Robert and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are highly esteemed people of the community- in which they reside. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife has membership in the Episcopal church. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and while he has never sought public office, he has served as school director for the past six years and is a most earnest advocate of progressive education, the schools finding in him a stalwart friend. He is likewise a member of the Yakima County Horticultural Union and is interested in all that pertains to the dissemination of knowledge concerning the most advanced horticultural methods. In fact he stands for progress along all lines that have to do with the material, intellectual, social and moral advancement of the community. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.