[4] Walters continued as a pastor for 30 years in Marissa until his sudden death in November 1990, after undergoing gall bladder surgery.

[6][7] In 1967, Walters published a pamphlet, "New Light on Mormon Origins from Palmyra Revival" that challenged the canonical history of the LDS Church.

[8] The pamphlet written by Walters created a stir, and provoked a strong response from scholars at Brigham Young University (BYU).

By spring of 1968, BYU professor Truman G. Madsen organized approximately three dozen scholars to respond to Walters, and wrote to the LDS Church's First Presidency that the "first vision has come under severe historical attack.

[10] In 1971, he discovered a key document of evidence for the 1826 trial of Joseph Smith in the basement of a sheriff's office in Norwich, New York.