Her second trip was made to Santa Cruz, Pescadero, and La Honda, California.
She inherited poetic talent from her father, Josiah E. Stevens, and showed early leaning toward literary pursuits.
[3] She also wrote newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, commercials, short stories, and serials.
[6] A group including Stanford University President David Starr Jordan determined to protect the remaining redwoods, and at their initial meeting, Walter was appointed to a committee tasked with surveying the extent of the problem.
Walter died April 26, 1907, in San Jose, California, after being ill two weeks with pneumonia.