Walter is pictured sitting on one of his two horses at their homestead near Lost Springs, WY, but he was no cowboy. Walter tried his hand at farming, but he had a degree in engineering from Bellvue College, near Omaha, NE, so that's what he preferred doing. Walter was m. first to Mary Lulu Brown of NYC, who passed away in 1903. He was m. secondly to Charlotte De Forest on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, NE. A search on Ancestry.com of the 1905 New York state census for Walter didn't find him, so I assume that he returned to Nebraska sometime between when little Robie Galbraith died in July of 1904 and when the 1905 New York state census was taken.
Walter's 1917-1918 WW I draft card, which can be seen at Familysearch.org, showed that he was farming in Keeline, WY at that time. He wrote on the card that he had blue eyes and grey hair at only 42.
The way fathers and sons sometimes build go-carts together, Walter and son Morris built their own radio in the early days of radio.
Walter was also very much into photography. From a high bluff, he photographed a panoramic view of the gas plant when he was away from home working in Salt Creek, Natrona Co., WY. He was caught in an explosion and fire at the gas plant, then died of the severe burns on 23 Jan. 1923. Charlotte was summoned, but he died before she could get there. Charlotte said that the fire was so hot that it melted his gold wedding band.
In the 1950's when I was a child, I asked Grandma Lottie what Grandpa Walter was like. She said, "He was such a good man" and looked like she was going to start crying, so I didn't ask any more questions. I wish I'd given her a paper and asked her to write it down sometime, but I wasn't mature enough to think of that.
I know that he was someone who would step forward to assist with a community need. In Lost Springs, WY he donated the land for the school and headed the school board. He would choose and purchase the books for the new school year. My mother always knew when during the summer the school books had arrived for the new school year. Since Lost Springs had no library and little to do beyond routine chores, she would sneak into the little schoolhouse through an unlocked window to read the new books.
Walter's 1917-1918 WW I draft card, which can be seen at Familysearch.org, showed that he was farming in Keeline, WY at that time. He wrote on the card that he had blue eyes and grey hair at only 42.
The way fathers and sons sometimes build go-carts together, Walter and son Morris built their own radio in the early days of radio.
Walter was also very much into photography. From a high bluff, he photographed a panoramic view of the gas plant when he was away from home working in Salt Creek, Natrona Co., WY. He was caught in an explosion and fire at the gas plant, then died of the severe burns on 23 Jan. 1923. Charlotte was summoned, but he died before she could get there. Charlotte said that the fire was so hot that it melted his gold wedding band.
In the 1950's when I was a child, I asked Grandma Lottie what Grandpa Walter was like. She said, "He was such a good man" and looked like she was going to start crying, so I didn't ask any more questions. I wish I'd given her a paper and asked her to write it down sometime, but I wasn't mature enough to think of that.
I know that he was someone who would step forward to assist with a community need. In Lost Springs, WY he donated the land for the school and headed the school board. He would choose and purchase the books for the new school year. My mother always knew when during the summer the school books had arrived for the new school year. Since Lost Springs had no library and little to do beyond routine chores, she would sneak into the little schoolhouse through an unlocked window to read the new books.
Walter is pictured sitting on one of his two horses at their homestead near Lost Springs, WY, but he was no cowboy. Walter tried his hand at farming, but he had a degree in engineering from Bellvue College, near Omaha, NE, so that's what he preferred doing. Walter was m. first to Mary Lulu Brown of NYC, who passed away in 1903. He was m. secondly to Charlotte De Forest on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, NE. A search on Ancestry.com of the 1905 New York state census for Walter didn't find him, so I assume that he returned to Nebraska sometime between when little Robie Galbraith died in July of 1904 and when the 1905 New York state census was taken.
Walter's 1917-1918 WW I draft card, which can be seen at Familysearch.org, showed that he was farming in Keeline, WY at that time. He wrote on the card that he had blue eyes and grey hair at only 42.
The way fathers and sons sometimes build go-carts together, Walter and son Morris built their own radio in the early days of radio.
Walter was also very much into photography. From a high bluff, he photographed a panoramic view of the gas plant when he was away from home working in Salt Creek, Natrona Co., WY. He was caught in an explosion and fire at the gas plant, then died of the severe burns on 23 Jan. 1923. Charlotte was summoned, but he died before she could get there. Charlotte said that the fire was so hot that it melted his gold wedding band.
In the 1950's when I was a child, I asked Grandma Lottie what Grandpa Walter was like. She said, "He was such a good man" and looked like she was going to start crying, so I didn't ask any more questions. I wish I'd given her a paper and asked her to write it down sometime, but I wasn't mature enough to think of that.
I know that he was someone who would step forward to assist with a community need. In Lost Springs, WY he donated the land for the school and headed the school board. He would choose and purchase the books for the new school year. My mother always knew when during the summer the school books had arrived for the new school year. Since Lost Springs had no library and little to do beyond routine chores, she would sneak into the little schoolhouse through an unlocked window to read the new books.
Walter's 1917-1918 WW I draft card, which can be seen at Familysearch.org, showed that he was farming in Keeline, WY at that time. He wrote on the card that he had blue eyes and grey hair at only 42.
The way fathers and sons sometimes build go-carts together, Walter and son Morris built their own radio in the early days of radio.
Walter was also very much into photography. From a high bluff, he photographed a panoramic view of the gas plant when he was away from home working in Salt Creek, Natrona Co., WY. He was caught in an explosion and fire at the gas plant, then died of the severe burns on 23 Jan. 1923. Charlotte was summoned, but he died before she could get there. Charlotte said that the fire was so hot that it melted his gold wedding band.
In the 1950's when I was a child, I asked Grandma Lottie what Grandpa Walter was like. She said, "He was such a good man" and looked like she was going to start crying, so I didn't ask any more questions. I wish I'd given her a paper and asked her to write it down sometime, but I wasn't mature enough to think of that.
I know that he was someone who would step forward to assist with a community need. In Lost Springs, WY he donated the land for the school and headed the school board. He would choose and purchase the books for the new school year. My mother always knew when during the summer the school books had arrived for the new school year. Since Lost Springs had no library and little to do beyond routine chores, she would sneak into the little schoolhouse through an unlocked window to read the new books.
