Hoosier Farms Honored For Longevity
Ted McKinney is the director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Agriculture has honored 72 families with Hoosier Homestead Awards. The honors recognize Indiana farms owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years.
ISDA Director Ted McKinney and Deputy Director Melissa Rekeweg made the presentations Friday at the Indiana State Fair. In addition to the ownership requirement, farms must consist of more than 20 acres or produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year.
The recipients are (listed by county, farm name, homestead date and type of award):
|
Adams |
Floyd Ehlerding |
1851 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Adams |
Hockemeyer/Everett |
1845 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Allen |
Berning |
1827 |
Centennial |
|
Allen |
Berning |
1827 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Allen |
Fuhrmann |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Allen |
Lilly |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Allen |
Grotrian |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Allen |
Springer |
1867 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Allen |
Stahlhut |
1905 |
Centennial |
|
Bartholomew |
Andrews |
1894 |
Centennial |
|
Bartholomew |
Jeffrey & Cynthia Shoaf |
1902 |
Centennial |
|
Bartholomew |
Voelz Family |
1875 |
Centennial |
|
Boone |
Artman Farms Inc. |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Boone |
Sipe – Cragun – Kissel |
1899 |
Centennial |
|
Boone |
Canine |
1902 |
Centennial |
|
Carroll |
Armstrong |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Carroll |
Thomas Bitler Armstrong |
1850 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Carroll |
Blaine & Brenda Brubaker |
1832 |
Centennial |
|
Carroll |
Blaine & Brenda Brubaker |
1832 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Carroll |
Brubaker |
1827 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Carroll |
Brubaker – Kingery |
1827 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Carroll |
Childers |
1889 |
Centennial |
|
Cass |
Donna Davidson Buchanan Christiansen |
1840 |
Centennial |
|
Cass |
Donna Davidson Buchanan Christiansen |
1840 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Cass |
Gremelspacher |
1864 |
Centennial |
|
Cass |
Gremelspacher |
1864 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Cass |
Chambers/Laird |
1857 |
Centennial |
|
Cass |
Chambers/Laird |
1857 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Cass |
Sandra Davidson Buchanan Shaw |
1840 |
Centennial |
|
Cass |
Sandra Davidson Buchanan Shaw |
1840 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Clinton |
Silverthorn |
1864 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Crawford |
Benz |
1891 |
Centennial |
|
Crawford |
Gresham |
1876 |
Centennial |
|
Decatur |
Porter |
1880 |
Centennial |
|
Decatur |
Forster – Mahan |
1907 |
Centennial |
|
Decatur |
Mang |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Decatur/Jennings |
Hamilton |
1902 |
Centennial |
|
DeKalb |
Jeffrey D. & Tina A. Johnson |
1902 |
Centennial |
|
DeKalb |
Kummer – Weicht, LLC |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Dubois |
Goeppner |
1914 |
Centennial |
|
Dubois |
Vonderheide |
1899 |
Centennial |
|
Franklin |
Stirn |
1899 |
Centennial |
|
Franklin |
Hofer – Wendel |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Hamilton |
Hillock |
1902 |
Centennial |
|
Hancock |
Braddock |
1907 |
Centennial |
|
Harrison |
LaHue – Schellenberger |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Howard |
Kendall |
1847 |
Centennial |
|
Howard |
Kendall |
1847 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Howard |
Kerby/Moss |
1892 |
Centennial |
|
Howard |
Riley |
1904 |
Centennial |
|
Jay |
Young |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Kosciusko |
Carl & Edythe Sands |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
LaPorte |
Hostetler – Stutzman |
1884 |
Centennial |
|
Lawrence |
Whitted Farm |
1844 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Madison |
Canfield |
1913 |
Centennial |
|
Miami |
Houlihan – Mitchell |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Newton |
Blann |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Newton |
Blann Warrick |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Noble |
Piper/McLallin |
1869 |
Centennial |
|
Pike |
Robling Farms, Inc. |
1852 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Posey |
Scherer |
1894 |
Centennial |
|
Posey |
Elwood Williams Farms |
1886 |
Centennial |
|
Posey |
Pearl Yeida Hughes |
1894 |
Centennial |
|
Pulaski |
Louis Tieman |
1900 |
Centennial |
|
Pulaski |
Glen – Ray – Den Farm |
1879 |
Centennial |
|
Pulaski |
Needham House Farms |
1887 |
Centennial |
|
Putnam |
Smith |
1910 |
Centennial |
|
Randolph |
Duane Barr |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Ripley |
Richter |
1913 |
Centennial |
|
Ripley |
Tielking/Sellers Homestead |
1957 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Shelby |
Cuskaden |
1880 |
Centennial |
|
Shelby |
Cuskaden/Bausback |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Shelby |
Phil & Cindy Ramsey |
1867 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Starke |
Will |
1915 |
Centennial |
|
Switzerland |
Althoff |
1896 |
Centennial |
|
Tipton |
Colbert Family Farm |
1917 |
Centennial |
|
Tipton |
Cardwell – Etherington – Chase – Garhart |
1873 |
Centennial |
|
Vanderburgh |
Schauss |
1906 |
Centennial |
|
Wells |
Jerry Nusbaumer |
1865 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
White |
Burns |
1886 |
Centennial |
|
White |
Burns/Diemer |
1895 |
Centennial |
|
White |
Ploss |
1899 |
Centennial |