Carroll, Clinton County Farms Honored For Centennial & Sesquicentennial Operations

Article Courtesy of the Indiana Department of Agriculture

Photo courtesy of the Indiana Department of Agriculture

Recognized for their families’ longstanding commitment to agriculture, 103 Indiana farm families were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award at the Indiana State Fair from Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb.

“The Hoosier Homestead ceremony at the Indiana State Fair is a prestigious event for all involved,” said Lt. Gov. Crouch, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “It is a true honor to celebrate these families for their work and commitment to bettering Indiana agriculture.”

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years, and consist of 20 acres or more, or produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year.

Based on the age of the farm, families are eligible for three different distinctions of the Hoosier Homestead Award. They can receive the Centennial Award for 100 years, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years or Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

“Keeping a farm operational for 100 years or more is something these families can take great pride in,” Lamb said. “Each of the awarded family farms continues to adapt and evolve through each new generation on the farm to ensure their success.”

Since the program’s inception in 1976, nearly 6,200 families have received the award. Often, a Hoosier Homestead farm is easily recognized because most recipients proudly display their awarded sign on their property.

During the ceremonies, six Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownership: the Thornburg-Caldwell-Slack family from Fayette County, the Hodges family from Morgan County, the Bridges-Royer family from Putnam County, the Dale & Donna Hartwell and Ricky W. Hartwell family from Rush County, the Bass-Rhodes family from Shelby County and the James W. Holmes, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Jason M. Davidson family from Tippecanoe County.

The following list includes the August 2024 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients.

Adams County

Bohnke, 1897, Centennial

Girod, 1906, Centennial

Kent L. Steiner, 1890, Centennial

Allen County

Dafforn, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Bartholomew County

Schroer, 1886, Centennial

Benton County

Pitts, 1880, Centennial

Pitts, 1911, Centennial

Blackford County

Schwarzkopf, 1872, Sesquicentennial

Albert LeRoy Stallsmith, 1904, Centennial

Carroll County

Boyer-Garrigues, 1923, Centennial

George & Lois Wallace, 1914, Centennial

Cass County

Geroge E. Ferguson, 1858, Sesquicentennial

VerBryck, 1895, Centennial

Clay County

Hofmann (Modesitt), 1881, Centennial

Hofmann (Unger), 1865, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Clinton County

Dean Walker, 1846, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Daviess County

David L. Brown, 1896, Centennial

Joseph L. Disser, 1919, Centennial

Fuhrman, 1918, Centennial

Dearborn County

Murtaugh, 1855, Sesquicentennial

Decatur County

Manlief, 1873, Sesquicentennial

Charles & Mary Torline, 1874, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Delaware County

Abshire, 1864, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

C Clifford Green, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Dubois County

Bartelt-Peters, 1913, Centennial

Bockting, 1839, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Meyer, 1920, Centennial

Fayette County

Thornburg-Caldwell-Slack, 1824, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial

Franklin County

Kuntz, 1916, Centennial

Miles Homestead Farms LLC, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Wessel, 1858, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Fulton County

Applegate-Crippen-Rock, 1911, Centennial

Heater, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Shewman, 1918, Centennial

Grant County

Grindle, 1852, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Greene County

Roudebush, 1918, Centennial

Hamilton County

Honnold-Muir, 1902, Centennial

Henry County

Kirklin, 1874, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Howard County

Duncan Farm Legacy LLC, 1864, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

J & B Family Farms LLC (53 acre), 1899, Centennial

J & B Family Farms LLC (80 acre), 1849, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Huntington County

Philip Shafer, 1923, Centennial

Jackson County

Bell-Alwes-Mellencamp, 1918, Centennial

Claycamp, 1869, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Shoemaker, 1924, Centennial

Jasper County

Gilmore-Brandenburg, 1895, Centennial

Wilma Jean Lehe, 1922, Centennial

Walter, 1873, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Knox County

Borgmeier, 1904, Centennial

Kosciusko County

Messmore-Werstler, 1923, Centennial

Shock, 1866, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

LaGrange County

Koon-Barroquillo, 1918, Centennial

Madison County 

Haines-Wood, 1854, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Sears, 1924, Centennial

Thomas A. Tooley, 1913, Centennial

Marshall County

Stuntz / Bollenbacher, 1869, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Miami County

Berglan, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Peter Fisher-John H. Balsbaugh-Raymond E. Mussleman, 1837, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Gahs, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Patricia Hardwick & Shirley Kerns, 1855, Sesquicentennial

Kranz, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Shewman, 1869, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Montgomery County

Cowan, 1834, Sesquicentennial

Morgan County

Harmon & Nancy Crone, 1836, Sesquicentennial

Haase, 1905, Centennial

Hodges (1840), 1840, Sesquicentennial

Hodges (1822), 1822, Bicentennial

Newton County

Romine, 1874, Sesquicentennial

Noble County

Harvey and Simon, 1862, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Zimmerman, 1919, Centennial

Posey County

Papenmeier, 1923, Centennial

Pulaski County

Bergdolt, 1899, Centennial

Heater, 1872, Sesquicentennial

Putnam County

Bridges-Royer, 1823, Bicentennial

Ripley County

Drockelman, 1860, Sesquicentennial

Miller, 1910, Centennial

Shorten, 1917, Centennial

Smith, 1868, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Wilson, 1923, Centennial

Rush County

Gray-Eakin, 1835, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Dale & Donna Hartwell and Ricky W. Hartwell, 1821, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial

Shelby County

Bass-Rhodes, 1823, Centennial & Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial

Kolkmeier, 1905, Centennial

Steuben County

Libey, 1920, Centennial

Levi Pocock, 1868, Sesquicentennial

St Joseph County

Michalski, 1887, Centennial

Sullivan County

Shields, 1894, Centennial

Tippecanoe County

James W. Holmes, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Jason M. Davidson (Davidson), 1824, Bicentennial

Inskeep-McDole; Gilbert-Dilley; Tishler-Diem, 1877, Centennial

Tipton County

Meyncke, 1924, Centennial

Union County

Greenmeadow Farm Inc-Caldwell, 1923, Centennial

Vanderburgh County

Friedrich Schaefer, 1869, Sesquicentennial

Vigo County

Chickadaunce, 1913, Centennial

Wabash County

Daihl, 1873, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Kirtlan, 1924, Centennial

Schuler, 1920, Centennial

Warren County

George K Kerner, 1872, Sesquicentennial

Warrick County

Zint, 1902, Centennial

Wayne County

F. Park Ammerman, 1919, Centennial

Wells County

Price, 1919, Centennial

White County

Diemer, 1895, Centennial

George B. Kilmer, 1916, Centennial

Otto Vieregge, 1915, Centennial

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