This is the family farm. Paul and Ceciel purchased this farm as a newly married couple. They had three children which they raised here. The farm was quite self-sufficient with a garden, beef and dairy cattle, chickens, and pigs.
Paul was a Welshman whose family had immigrated from Wales to Soar, Illinois and were part of a Welsh colony there. Eventually, family members moved west and settled in Washington and Oregon. Paul and Ceciel both for born and raised in Wallowa County. Ceciel was one of five children who grew up in the small community of Paradise, Oregon which was located near Troy, Oregon.