State Honors Hoosier Homesteads
The spring 2017 honorees included the Hausz family in Harrison County.
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has presented 39 families with Hoosier Homestead Awards. The designations honor farms owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years. More than 5,000 families have received Hoosier Homestead Awards since 1976.
To be eligible for the award, farms must produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year. 24 Centennial Awards, marking 100 years of ownership, 19 Sesquicentennial Awards, marking 150 years of ownership and one Bicentennial Award, marking 200 years of ownership. Some families earned more than one award.
Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch says the families play a big part in "continuing Indiana’s legacy as an agricultural leader," with the industry contributing $31 billion to Indiana’s economy.
The 2017 spring winners are:
|
Adams |
Daniel Roth |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Bartholomew |
Glenn & Nellie Glick |
1846 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Bartholomew |
Original Speaker Lane Farm |
1908 |
Centennial |
|
Clark |
Clifton Eve/Elizabeth Weidner Family Farm |
1915 |
Centennial |
|
Clark |
Dreyer |
1865 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Decatur |
Deniston |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Decatur |
Evans |
1834 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Dubois |
Balsmeyer Family Farm |
1853 |
Centennial |
|
Dubois |
Balsmeyer Family Farm |
1853 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Dubois |
Egler |
1841 |
Centennial |
|
Dubois |
Egler |
1841 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Dubois |
Leo C. Welp |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Floyd |
Sperzel |
1915 |
Centennial |
|
Floyd |
Collins – Taylor – Jacobi |
1816 |
Bicentennial |
|
Fountain |
Alford |
1907 |
Centennial |
|
Franklin |
Beneker |
1887 |
Centennial |
|
Harrison |
Hausz |
1903 |
Centennial |
|
Henry |
Lacy Homestead Farm |
1864 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Howard |
Fleming |
1857 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Jackson |
Wischmeier/Wehmiller |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Jay |
Bricher |
1863 |
Centennial |
|
Jay |
Bricher |
1863 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Jay |
Journay Homestead, Wanda Lou & Merle Stewart |
1887 |
Centennial |
|
Jay |
Charles Muhlenkamp |
1915 |
Centennial |
|
Jay |
Young |
1863 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Jefferson |
Owens |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Knox |
Otten |
1859 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Marshall |
Mishler |
1860 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Monroe |
Pafford |
1866 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Noble |
The Coats Family Farm |
1849 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Perry |
Casey |
1867 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Putnam |
Hurst |
1886 |
Centennial |
|
Ripley |
Jesse Donald Meinders |
1878 |
Centennial |
|
Ripley |
Schneider |
1898 |
Centennial |
|
Rush |
Cole |
1882 |
Centennial |
|
Rush |
Cole |
1895 |
Centennial |
|
Spencer |
Kirby Baum |
1860 |
Centennial |
|
Spencer |
Kirby Baum |
1860 |
Sesquicentennial |
|
Spencer |
Schaaf/Hay |
1892 |
Centennial |
|
Starke |
Luedtke Dairy Farm |
1896 |
Centennial |
|
Tipton |
Gall |
1916 |
Centennial |
|
Tipton |
Kirkendall Family Farm |
1894 |
Centennial |
|
Wabash |
Orville & Phyllis Brodt |
1879 |
Centennial |
|
White |
Godlove |
1863 |
Sesquicentennial |
For more information about the Hoosier Homestead Awards, please visit www.isda.in.gov. Photos from today’s ceremony will be posted to ISDA’s Flickr page by Wednesday, April 12, 2017.