Richard Wachsmith, his father, and his brother arrived in the Yakima Valley in 1904. He purchased 30 acres at Parker Heights, Washington, in 1907, invested in 15 more acres several years later in the Fruitvale District near the City of Yakima, and in 1918 added another 10 acres at Parker Heights. In 1914, he also acquired 40 acres of mature fruit trees on River Road in Yakima from a St. Louis, Missouri, investment company. These Midwestern investors had acquired and developed the land in the early 1900s in the hope of a good return. However, in both 1913 and 1914, […]