information. His wives name is Nancy Harding and his parent's names are William
Harding senior and
Amanda Harding. His children’s' names are Jim and Lynda.
His sonnow lives in the in the house that William Jr was born in. He was born in 1929,
November, 23. He has lived here all of his life.
This paragraph is about his orchard. He has 90 acres of orchard. In his orchard he
has these kinds of apples; red delicious, goldens, romes, and wine saps. His orchard was
first planted in 1914 by the Land Company. The apple shed was built in 1920. The apple
shed was in process for 63 years; they packed their own apples in that shed for 63 years
until they had to shut it down. Now they bring their apples to Custom Apple at Brewster.
His father was on the first board of directors for Trout. The orchard has been in the family
since 1915. William Jr went to school at Manson until the 6th grade then went to Chelan and
graduated from Chelan. His father was working for the Land Company. The first orchard
was planted in 1913 by the Land Company. His father would work the land for the Land
Company in exchange for land. His father bought 10 acres from the Land Company. After
that he was given land credits for the work he did. His father came from Tacoma and brought six pigs. He stayed in Entiat the first night. Then the second night he stayed in Chelan. Then the next day he bought enough wood to build a cabin. (This is in March, 1915). Then they built the house that he was raised in which was rebuilt in 1952.