Aron and Olga Rempel with their eight children standing in front of a house. Olga is holding the youngest child who is still a baby. The girls are all dressed in dresses, white shoes with white socks and all have white ribbons in their hair.
Aron and Olga Rempel picking raspberries. According to GAMEO Aron Rempel introduced raspberries to Yarrow. During one his business trips to Everett, Washington, he purchased a few raspberry canes for his farm in Yarrow. Although his neighbors felt this was a foolish investment, Rempel persisted and soon was known as Raspberry King of Yarrow. It was by the cultivation of raspberries that the emerging Yarrow community was able to establish a solid economic foundation.