I found this on the internet. This site also tells you how to take care of your starter and lots of other information.
http://home.att.net/~carlsfriends/

Carl gave his sourdough starter, which came from a sourdough culture carefully nurtured and preserved in his family for over 150 years, free to anyone that asked. Carl died in 2000 at the age of 80 but his friends have carried on and are still giving the starter away for free to anyone that sends a self-addressed stamped envelope. Amazing!

I’m definitely going to send for some. How neat to have yeasts that came from a strain that came along the old Oregon Trail and to think it is free, though they do accept contributions to help to maintain the site etc.

And this little tidbit for the birders:

from the page about Carl and his funeral in Burns, Oregon…

• There was a curious diversion during the ceremony. I noticed in the top of one of the tall, leafless trees in the area where the Marines were rehearsing a very large nest, and it appeared like the head of a large cat in the nest. It turned out to be a Great Horned Owl which has earlike tufts on its head. When the guns went off, the owl took off in a flight over the gravesite. Somehow, it seemed quite appropriate. Clay* had said he wished he could have arranged a fly-over by airplanes but couldn’t make it happen. Well, what more fitting substitute than a fly-over by a winged native of Burns?

*Carl’s son in the Marines.