While serving in Korean War, Robert Zimbal wrote his fiance, Audrey, and told her when he returned he would like to build a mink farm with her, and she agreed. On August 24, 1954 he returned home and to marry Audrey. As a wedding gift they received 5 pastel mink. From those 5 mink they built an award-winning farm that now houses over 400,000 certifiable mink.
