The first thing viewers noticed while watching the U.S. Olympic team march through the Parade of Nations at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony was their battery-powered heated parkas, designed by Ralph Lauren and created by a family-owned company in New Jersey. Each piece of clothing included in the U.S.’s Olympic uniform has a similar American story to tell: jeans made by a non-profit company in Texas, hats and base layers from a business run by a brother-sister duo in Los Angeles, gloves made in New York; and one of those stories is right here in Wasco county. Imperial Stock Ranch, owned and operated by the Carver family, provided wool for the sweater, hat and other knit pieces worn by the U.S. Olympic team in the opening and closing ceremonies.

Vogue Knitting puts Imperial Stock Ranch in upper echelon of the knitting industry A unique tourism event will bring an economic boost to south Wasco County this weekend — with a stop in The Dalles Friday — when Vogue Knitting focuses on the Imperial Stock Ranch for one of its series of exclusive destination weekend experiences.