The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 675 ANDREW CROOKSTON. A native of Utah, Andrew Crookston has throughout his life been connected with the development and upbuilding of the west and besides watching the wonderful transformation that has taken place in the Pacific states has participated in their growth. He is now a successful rancher near Sunnyside, Washington, and here he has found opportunities that have permitted him to attain a substantial position in life. He was born in American Fork, Utah, June 2, 1878, a son of Thomas and Betsy (Crystal) Crookston, both of whom were natives of Scotland and became pioneer residents of Utah, where the father has for many years been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Andrew Crookston there received his public school education and subsequently turned to farming as a life work, learning the best methods under the able guidance of his father. He subsequently worked for others but in 1905 came to Yakima county, Washington, where he was again in the employ of others for a period of one year and then operated rented land for a year. Having carefully saved his earnings, in 1905 he was enabled to purchase forty acres of land four and a half miles southwest of Sunnyside and he has since developed this property into a valuable ranch, a part of which is devoted to fruit raising. He has seven acres in apples, the remainder being devoted to hay and plow land. Enterprising and progressive, Mr. Crookston has embraced many new methods and ideas in regard to fanning and fruit raising and thus has made rapid progress, being today numbered among the substantial agriculturists of his neighborhood. On June 21, 1910, Mr. Crookston was married to Miss Mary Jane Wallace, a daughter of John and Ellen Wallace, pioneers of Yakima county, the former a whom has passed away. They have become the parents of two sons, Leroy and Sheldon, and a daughter unnamed. Both Mr. and Mrs. Crookston are widely and favorably known in their neighborhood, where they have made many friends, all of whom speak of them in terms of warm regard. In his political affiliations he is a republican, loyally supporting the candidates of that party, in the principles of which he thoroughly believes. He is a self-made man and all credit must be given him for what he has achieved. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.