Ua paari o George Crapo i Parker, Idaho, i reira, mai to’na apîraa, ua faatupu oia i te hoê here hohonu e te tamau no te faaapu e te faaamuraa.
E rave rahi o te mau ite faufaa rahi e te mau haapiiraa o te oraraa ta’na i faaohipa i roto i to’na oraraa tei haapii-matamua-hia i te raveraa i te ohipa i piha‘i iho i to’na metua tane e to’na mau taeae—te mau tane tei haapii ia’na na roto i te hi‘oraa maitai i te faufaa o te ohipa puai, te parau-ti‘a e te ohipa amui ei utuafare.
I muri tata mai i tana marenatanga ki tana hoa aroha o te kura tuarua, a Linda, i te tau 1959, ka hoki mai ano ki Parker, ka hokona e Crapo he taraka toka kotahi, ka timata ki te toia riwai mo nga kaiahuwhenua o te rohe. I te tau 1968, ko te hokonga o te waka tekau-wira i tohu te tiimatanga mana o Crapo Trucking. Ko Sun-Glo o Idaho, he whare putunga putunga hou i te taone nui o Sugar City, i noho hei kaihoko tonu, a, i te mutunga ka riro a Crapo hei rangatira mo Sun-Glo.
I taua wa, ka tono te papa me ona matua keke o Crapo ki te paamu i tetahi whenua 80 eka e tata ana ki Parker. I muri mai ka mahi tahi ia me tona papa me ona tuakana tokowha ki etahi atu mahi ahuwhenua me te mahi kararehe. Na roto i te tautururaa a to'na mau taea'e e ta'na mau tamaiti, ua nehenehe ia'na ia faarahi i te ohipa faaapu e te mau pereoo uta taata no te tuu i te tahi mau faaapu i te pae apatoa hitia o te râ o Idaho e Montana.
I rongonuihia mo tona ahua mau tonu, he tangata matakite tonu, i whakanuia a Crapo mo te whakaaro whakamua, te auaha, me te maha o nga wa, he maia ki ana mahi ahuwhenua me ana mahi pakihi. I whakapono nui ia ki te uara o te kaha ki te hapori ahuwhenua me te noho kaihautu i te rohe irrigation rohe me te poari awa, te Komiti Tiaki Whenua, te US Potato Board, me Farm Credit Services, me etahi atu. I te tau 1998, i whakauruhia ia ki roto i te Te Whare Ahuwhenua o Idaho ki te Rawhiti; i te tau 2010 i whakanuia ia ko Russet Aristocrat o te Idaho Grower Shippers Association.
I roto i nga pakihi me tona oranga whaiaro, i whakanuia e Crapo nga hononga, koinei pea te kaiarahi nui o tana angitu. Ko tana ngakau nui ki te mahi ahuwhenua i tino kitea i roto i tona oranga, engari i mau tonu tana mahi "he nui ake te whakatipu tamariki i te whakatipu kai." I tona matenga i te marama o Hepetema 2021, ka waiho e George Crapo tetahi taonga tuku iho mo te pono, te whakapono me te whanau, ehara mo ana tamariki, mootua me ana mokopuna anake, engari mo te hunga i whai waimarie ki te mohio me te mahi tahi me ia i roto i te ahumahi i arohaina e ia.
- I nga wa katoa ka nui te whakaute a George ki te hunga nana i para te huarahi ki te ahu whakamua i roto i ana mahi ahuwhenua me ana mahi taraka. I roto i tona oranga i mohiotia ia he auaha, he whakaaro whakamua, he maia ki roto ana mahi paamu me ana mahi pakihi. Ko etahi o ana tino pukenga ko tona ahua pai me tana tirohanga.
- I whakapono ia ki te kaha ki nga kaupapa e pa ana ki te ahuwhenua. I noho ia hei kaiwhakahaere mo te rohe o Fremont Madison irrigation, hei kaiwhakahaere mo te awa o St. Anthony, mo te Komiti Ratonga Tiaki Whenua, National Potato Board, me te kaiwhakahaere o te rohe mo nga Ratonga Moni Moni Moni mo te neke atu i te 21 tau. He maha nga tohu i whakawhiwhia ki a ia mai i nga momo whakahaere me te tino koa ki te whakauru ki roto i te Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame i te tau 1998. I te tau 2010, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Potato Grower Shippers "Russet Aristocrat" ka whakawhiwhia ki te tangata kotahi ia tau.
- He tangata mohio a George mo nga momo taputapu katoa. He maha nga wa ka kitea ia e mahi ana i tetahi kaupapa me te hoe tuara. He tikitiki GMC tonu tana. I te patai a nga tangata he aha te take, ka whakamaramatia e ia kaore he taraka tiki i mau i ona tohu tuatahi. He pai ki a ia te mana hoiho, he maha nga wa i miharo ai nga tangata i a ia e eke ana ki runga i tana Corvette whero. He pai ki a raua ko Linda te kanikani me te eke i to raua motopaika Harley Davidson.
- I roto i tona whanau, hoa me nga kaimahi i mohiotia a George ko "Taters" me "Unit 1". He tangata whakakatakata a ia, he maha nga wa e whakaatuhia ana i roto i ana korero pakiwaitara whakangahau. I whakanuia e George te whanaungatanga me te whakapau kaha o tona oranga ki te hanga hononga ki te tangata. I whakanuia e ia ana kaimahi me te whakanui i nga angitu o nga mahi a nga tane me nga wahine i mahi mo ia.
- He mea nui ki a George te whakatipu riwai engari ko tana tino kaupapa i mahia e ia, na tona aroha ki tona whanau. I nga wa katoa he mea nui ake mo te whakatipu tamariki i te whakatipu kai. He tino aroha a George ki tana whanau. He tino ngakau maru ia i ona tau i muri mai, kare e taea e ia te korero mo tona whanau me te kore e tangi te roimata.