Apple varieties that Petersen & Sons packed included common Delicious, Red and Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Winesap, Rome Beauty, and Spitzenburg. New arrivals to the apple industry in the early 1900s came from all backgrounds and by many routes. The story of John S. Petersen is a good illustration of the ­diversity and journey of the people who homesteaded in the Okanogan area of Washington State. Petersen, a Danish immigrant to North America, first tried to make his fortune by participating in the Alaskan Gold Rush of the late 1890s. He was unsuccessful in finding gold and decided to join his […]