Ua ulu ʻo George Crapo ma Parker, Idaho, kahi, mai kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i kahi aloha hohonu a mau i ka mahiʻai a me ka hana ʻana.
ʻO ka nui o nā mākau koʻikoʻi a me nā haʻawina ola āna i hana ai i loko o kona ola ʻana, ua aʻo ʻia i ka hana pū ʻana me kona makuakāne a me kona mau ʻanakala—nā kāne nāna i aʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano hoʻohālike i ka waiwai o ka hana paʻakikī, ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a me ka hana pū ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻohana.
Ma hope koke iho o kona male ʻana i kāna ipo aloha kula kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Linda, i ka makahiki 1959, a hoʻi i Parker, ua kūʻai ʻo Crapo i kaʻa kaʻa pahu pahu hoʻokahi axle a hoʻomaka i ka huki ʻuala no nā mahiʻai kūloko. I ka makahiki 1968, ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i kaʻa kaʻa he ʻumi i hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka kūhelu o Crapo Trucking. Ua lilo ʻo Sun-Glo o Idaho, kahi hale kūʻai paʻa hou ma Sugar City kokoke, i mea kūʻai maʻamau, a ua alakaʻi ʻia kēlā pilina iā Crapo i lilo i mea nona ka Sun-Glo.
I kēlā manawa, hāʻawi ka makua kāne a me nā ʻanakala o Crapo i ka manawa e mahiʻai ai i kahi ʻāpana 80 ʻeka ma kahi o Parker. Ma hope mai, ua hui pū ʻo ia me kona makuakāne a me kona mau kaikunāne ʻehā ma nā ʻoihana mahiʻai a me nā pipi. Me ke kōkua ʻana o kona mau kaikunāne a me kāna mau keiki kāne, ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i ka hana mahiʻai a me ka hoʻokele kaʻa e hoʻokomo i kekahi mau mahiʻai ma ka hikina hema o Idaho a me Montana.
Ua kaulana ʻo Crapo no kona ʻano maikaʻi mau a ʻike pinepine ʻia, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Crapo no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i mua, noʻonoʻo a, i nā manawa he nui, wiwo ʻole i kāna ʻoihana mahiʻai a me kāna ʻoihana. He manaʻoʻiʻo nui ʻo ia i ka waiwai o ka ʻeleu ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai a paʻa i nā kūlana alakaʻi me ka ʻāpana irrigation a me ka papa kahawai, ke Kōmike Hoʻolaʻa ʻĀina, ka US Potato Board, a me Farm Credit Services, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. I ka makahiki 1998, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i ka Hale Hoʻohanohano ʻo East Idaho Agriculture Hall; ma 2010 ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Russet Aristocrat ʻo ka Idaho Grower Shippers Association.
Ma kaʻoihana a me kona ola pono'ī, ua kauʻo Crapo i ka waiwai nui i nā pilina,ʻo ia paha ka mea hoʻokele nui loa o kona holomua. Ua hōʻike piha ʻia kona makemake i ka mahiʻai i kona ola ʻana, akā mālama mau ʻo ia i kāna hana "ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki ma mua o ka hānai ʻana i nā mea kanu." I kona hala ʻana i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2021, ua haʻalele ʻo George Crapo i kahi hoʻoilina o ka pono, ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka ʻohana, ʻaʻole wale no kāna mau keiki, nā moʻopuna a me nā moʻopuna, akā no ka poʻe i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi e ʻike a hana pū me ia i ka ʻoihana āna i aloha ai.
- Mahalo mau ʻo George i ka poʻe nāna i hoʻokaʻawale i ke ala e holomua ai ma kāna ʻoihana mahiʻai a me nā hana kaʻa kaʻa. I loko o kona ola a pau, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he ʻano hou, noʻonoʻo i mua a me ka wiwo ʻole kāna mahiʻai a me kāna ʻoihana. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau kālena nui ʻo ia kona ʻano maikaʻi a me kona ʻike.
- Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻeleu ma nā mea pili i ka mahiʻai. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka Fremont Madison Irrigation District, ka luna hoʻomalu o St. Anthony Canal, ma ke Kōmike ʻOihana Hoʻomalu ʻāina, National Potato Board, a ma ke ʻano he luna kūloko o nā lawelawe ʻaiʻai mahiʻai no nā makahiki he 21. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana he nui mai nā hui like ʻole a ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana i loko o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano ʻo Eastern Idaho Agriculture ma 1998. Ma 2010, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka Potato Grower Shippers "Russet Aristocrat" i hāʻawi ʻia i hoʻokahi kanaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
- He kanaka akamai ʻo George i nā ʻano mea hana like ʻole. Hiki ke ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e hana ana i kahi papahana me ka backhoe. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kiʻi GMC mau. I ka nīnau ʻana o ka poʻe no ke aha, wehewehe ʻo ia ʻaʻohe kaʻa kaʻa ʻē aʻe i loaʻa kona hua mua. Makemake ʻo ia i ka mana lio a hoʻopūhoihoi pinepine i ka poʻe i kona huki ʻana i kāna Corvette ʻulaʻula. Ua hauʻoli lāua me Linda i ka hula a me ka holo ʻana i kā lāua kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Harley Davidson.
- Ma waena o kona ʻohana, nā hoaaloha a me nā limahana ʻo George i kapa ʻia ʻo "Taters" a me "Unit 1". He ʻano hoʻomāʻewaʻewa kona i hōʻike pinepine ʻia i kāna moʻolelo hoʻonaʻauao. Ua mahalo ʻo George i nā pilina a ua hoʻohana i kahi hapa nui o kona ola e kūkulu i nā pilina me nā kānaka. Ua mahalo nui ʻo ia i kāna mau limahana a ua hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻo ia i nā kūleʻa i nā hana a nā kāne a me nā wahine i hana iā ia.
- He mea koʻikoʻi ka hānai ʻuala iā George akā ʻo kāna kumu maoli i kāna hana ʻana, no kona aloha i kona ʻohana. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki ma mua o ka hānai ʻana i nā mea kanu. He aloha nui ko George i kona ʻohana. He puʻuwai palupalu ʻo ia i kona mau makahiki hope ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kona ʻohana me ka waimaka ʻole o kona mau maka.