Current Building
This file appears in: The Strawberries That Saved Orcas
The once barreling plant is shown here as it stands today. The left side of the building houses the art gallery and the right The Catkin Cafe.
This file appears in: The Strawberries That Saved Orcas
The Strawberries That Saved Orcas – How a new crop brought wealth and prosperity to Orcas during the Great Depression.
Despite years of successful farming of apples, plums, and other fruit species regularly found in Washington, the Great Depression brought a challenge and then an innovative solution to Orcas Island.
The twenties and thirties on Orcas Island…