Hoosier Homestead Award given to 135 farm families

INDIANAPOLIS — An incredible 135 farm families received the Hoosier Homestead Award at the Indiana State Fair.

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

Indiana farms may qualify for three honors: the Centennial Award for 100 years of ownership, the Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years of ownership and the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

“Indiana’s heritage is built on agriculture,” said Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith “It’s an honor to celebrate these farming families and the generations of hard work that got them here.”

Since the program’s inception in 1976, over 6,400 families have received the Hoosier Homestead Award.

“Each of our Hoosier Homestead farms carries the same legacy, built by one generation for the next,” said Don Lamb, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.

“My own farm still has a while to go before it’s eligible for this award, so I know firsthand the commitment and dedication it reflects.”

Five Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownership: the McClure family from Fountain County, the Stewart family from Johnson County, the Crooks family from Parke County, the Allyn family from Posey County and the Wheeler family from Vanderburgh County.

The following farms received the Hoosier Homestead Award:

Adams County

• Bieberich — 1873: Sesquicentennial Award.

• McMillen — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

Allen County

• Griebel — 1845: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Hart — 1874: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Springer — 1875: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Springer — 1911: Centennial Award.

Bartholomew County

• Finkel — 1922: Centennial Award.

• Finkel — 1880: Centennial Award.

• Andrew Whiteside — 1909: Centennial Award.

• Jim Whiteside — 1853: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Boone County

• Everett — 1909: Centennial Award.

Carroll County

• Johnson — 1910: Centennial Award.

• Todd — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

Cass County

• Heiny-Liming — 1926: Centennial Award.

• Jump — 1913: Centennial Award.

• Wade —1916: Centennial Award.

Clinton County

• Gray — 1887: Centennial Award.

• Harshman — 1920: Centennial Award.

• Horlacher — 1875: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Horlacher — 1903: Centennial Award.

Daviess County

• Kavanaugh and Eichmiller — 1881: Centennial Award.

Decatur County

• Carl E. Geis — 1924: Centennial Award.

• Menkedick — 1924: Centennial Award.

• Volk — 1864: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Williams — 1826: Centennial Award and Bicentennial Award.

DeKalb County

• Stoops — 1875: Sesquicentennial Award.

Delaware County

• Rea & Nellie (Sheets) Riggin — 1866: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Dubois County

• Feldmeyer-Meyer — 1871: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Meyer — 1871: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Rahman — 1926: Centennial Award.

Elkhart County

• Hire — 1832: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Fayette County

• Brichford-Elliott — 1849: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Elliott-Hamilton-Brichford — 1868: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Martin Pflum — 1925: Centennial Award.

Fountain County

• McClure — 1826: Bicentennial Award.

• Young — 1848: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Franklin County

• Orschell — 1923: Centennial Award.

• Scheele — 1876: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Fulton County

• Burdge — 1920: Centennial Award.

• Douglass — 1845: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Wagoner-Kline — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

Gibson County

• Benjamin Michel — 1917: Centennial Award.

• Boeglin — 1926: Centennial Award.

• Fred V. Wilson — 1891: Centennial Award.

• George Sollman — 1869: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Gerhard Michel — 1876: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Kruse — 1926: Centennial Award.

Grant County

• Cain-Miller-Cranor — 1865: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Green-Morton — 1856: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Ferree — 1924: Centennial Award.

Hamilton County

• Heinzmann — 1926: Centennial Award.

Harrison County

• Blank-Gleitz — 1890: Centennial Award.

• Johnson — 1920: Centennial Award.

• Miller — 1914: Centennial Award.

• Roy Wolf — 1924: Centennial Award.

• Schneider — 1895: Centennial Award.

• Zollman-Price — 1851: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Hendricks County

• Chatham-Layne-McNulty — 1924: Centennial Award.

Henry County

• Strattan — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Ward — 1904: Centennial Award.

Howard County

• Chism — 1882: Centennial Award.

Huntington County

• Keiffer — 1921: Centennial Award.

Jackson County

• Fountain — 1875: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Stockamp-Otte-Wiesehan — 1860: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Stuckwish — 1914: Centennial Award.

Jasper County

• Kennedy-Huff — 1919: Centennial Award.

Jefferson County

• Waltz — 1926: Centennial Award.

Johnson County

• Beaman — 1924: Centennial Award.

• Griffith — 1918: Centennial Award.

• Johnson — 1876: Centennial Award.

• Russell — 1926: Centennial Award.

• Stewart — 1820: Centennial Award, Sesquicentennial Award and Bicentennial Award.

Knox County

• Tilly — 1912: Centennial Award.

• Vance Smith Meier — 1919: Centennial Award.

Kosciusko County

• Stiffler — 1868: Sesquicentennial Award.

LaGrange County

• Myers — 1926: Centennial Award.

• Yoder — 1875: Sesquicentennial Award.

Lake County

• Rosenthal — 1869: Sesquicentennial Award.

LaPorte County

• Nowatzke-Cavin — 1922: Centennial Award.

Lawrence County

• Beeler — 1908: Centennial Award.

• Beeler — 1908: Centennial Award.

• Walton — 1900: Centennial Award.

Madison County

• Preston — 1914: Centennial Award.

Marshall County

• Hahn — 1897: Centennial Award.

• Watkins — 1873: Sesquicentennial Award.

Monroe County

• Deck — 1856: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Mitchell-Haley — 1913: Centennial Award.

Montgomery County

• Legg — 1919: Centennial Award.

• McClaine — 1831: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Rush — 1828: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Wilkinson — 1886: Centennial Award.

• Wilkinson-Eads — 1886: Centennial Award.

Morgan County

• McGinnis — 1836: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Parker — 1874: Sesquicentennial Award.

Newton County

• Bridgeman — 1874: Sesquicentennial Award.

Noble County

• Beers — 1915: Centennial Award.

• Hass — 1887: Centennial Award.

• Peffer — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

Parke County

• Crooks — 1826: Bicentennial Award.

Perry County

• Adams — 1923: Centennial Award.

Porter County

• Hardesty — 1853: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Pope — 1924: Centennial Award.

• Pumroy — 1919: Centennial Award.

• Reif-Miller — 1924: Centennial Award.

Posey County

• Allyn — 1818: Centennial Award, Sesquicentennial Award and Bicentennial Award.

Pulaski County

• Crist — 1876: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Putnam County

• Ray — 1889: Centennial Award.

Randolph County

• Brown-Short — 1907: Centennial Award.

• Wasson — 1837: Sesquicentennial Award.

Ripley County

• Chandler — 1913: Centennial Award.

• Peetz — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.

• Welch — 1897: Centennial Award.

Rush County

• Fisher — 1924: Centennial Award.

• KenBack — 1837: Sesquicentennial Award.

Spencer County

• Dilger — 1872: Sesquicentennial Award.

Tippecanoe County

• Ade-Fry-Janssen — 1911: Centennial Award.

• Ade-Fry-Porter — 1911: Centennial Award.

• Ross-Martin-Byers — 1875: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Tipton County

• Allen Baird — 1887: Centennial Award.

• Amsbury-Morris — 1871: Centennial Award.

Union County

• Miller — 1858: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

Vanderburgh County

• Wheeler — 1822: Sesquicentennial Award and Bicentennial Award.

Wabash County

• Farrell (Stout-Frantz) — 1898: Centennial Award.

• Frantz-Stout — 1861: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Goebel — 1851: Centennial Award and Sesquicentennial Award.

• Stout — 1881: Centennial Award.

Warren County

• Hogue — 1922: Centennial Award.

• Joe Fry — 1924: Centennial Award.

Washington County

• John L. Hurst — 1836: Sesquicentennial Award.

Wayne County

• Davis — 1859: Sesquicentennial Award.

Wells County

• Meyer — 1893: Centennial Award.

• Raber — 1911: Centennial Award.

White County

• Yerk — 1919: Centennial Award.

Whitley County

• Robert Lee Schinbeckler — 1876: Sesquicentennial Award.