Rumor has it there is also a Stars label although no one remembers seeing one. Lloyd Garretson was one of the founding partners of the Yakima, Washington-based Pacific Fruit and Produce Company, but he resigned in 1918 to plant his own orchards on Naches Heights. Located just west of the City of Yakima, the Heights are accessed by a steep road that quickly became known as Garretson Grade and just as quickly became a favorite place to ski in the winter—even if it required having a car available to return to the top. In the 1920s, Garretson patented the […]
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