Carrie Stevens Walter

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.