Friday, April 1, 2022 3pm
About this Event
INDIANAPOLIS (April 1, 2022) — At the Indiana Statehouse, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Director Bruce Kettler presented 69 families with a Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.
“I always look forward to engaging with Indiana’s historic farming families during the Hoosier Homestead Award ceremonies,” Crouch said. “The longstanding values, dedication and resiliency these families will ensure their farm and family’s legacy live on for many generations.”
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: Centennial Award for 100 years of ownership, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years of ownership and the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.
Today, the department awarded three farms for bicentennial ownership. They are the Williams farm from Madison County (est. 1822), the Hartman farm from Parke County (est. 1822) and the Arnold farm from Rush County (est. 1821).
Since the program's inception in 1976, nearly 6,000 families have received the Hoosier Homestead Award. Many past awardees can be identified by the sign proudly displayed in front of the family farm or field.
“It is hard to put into words the value these farming families have provided to their communities, our state and the Indiana agricultural industry since the formation of their farms,” Kettler said. “It is my utmost pleasure to honor these longstanding families for their dedication to providing the feed, food and fuel necessary to sustain our state.”
Below is a list of the Hoosier Homestead Award recipients honored during the spring 2022 ceremony:
County, Award name, Award year, Award type
Adams, Verlin J. Bulmahn, 1871, Sesquicentennial
Adams, Sheets, 1847, Sesquicentennial
Bartholomew, Burbrink, 1902, Centennial
Bartholomew, Dallas & Hazel Kreinhagen, 1839, Sesquicentennial
Benton, McNeil, 1921, Centennial
Benton, Gilbert, 1920, Centennial
Blackford, Kitterman, 1856, Sesquicentennial
Boone, Turpin, 1895, Centennial
Carroll, North, 1898, Centennial
Clay, Fisher, 1862, Sesquicentennial
Clinton, Garrett, 1919, Centennial
Clinton, Douglass, 1886, Centennial
Clinton, Couden/Wilson, 1918, Centennial
Dearborn, Bulach, 1909, Centennial
Dearborn, Kuebel/McCarty, 1855, Sesquicentennial
DeKalb, Lautzenhiser, 1864, Sesquicentennial
DeKalb, Myers, 1899, Centennial
Delaware, Pursifull, 1913, Centennial
Dubois, Oscar Hochgesang, 1910, Centennial
Dubois, Mutchman, 1872, Sesquicentennial
Dubois, Stenftenagel, 1918, Centennial
Franklin, Fledderman, 1922, Centennial
Franklin, Joseph & Madaline Niedenthal, 1919, Centennial
Franklin, Middendorf-Goldsmith, 1858, Sesquicentennial
Hamilton, McClintick, 1829, Sesquicentennial
Hancock, Boyd, 1851, Sesquicentennial
Harrison, Wolfe, 1889, Centennial
Harrison, Bickel, Seitz, Stewart & Webster, 1888, Centennial
Howard, Kingseed, 1848, Sesquicentennial
Huntington, Detamore, 1904, Centennial
Jackson, Moenning, 1851, Sesquicentennial
Kosciusko, Clay, 1913, Centennial
LaPorte, Hagenow, 1891, Centennial
Madison, Williams, 1822, Bicentennial
Madison, Hodson, 1837, Sesquicentennial
Marion, Fredrick Wampner, 1841, Sesquicentennial
Miami, Yoars, 1870, Sesquicentennial
Montgomery, Larry Joe & Debra Ann Carter, 1831, Sesquicentennial
Montgomery, Bymaster, 1837, Sesquicentennial
Montgomery, Spitznagel, 1920, Centennial
Ohio, Vorbroker, 1872, Sesquicentennial
Orange, Emerson & Ella Bishop and Frentz, 1919, Centennial
Owen, Jordan, 1869, Sesquicentennial
Owen, Jordan, 1869, Sesquicentennial
Parke, Bryant, 1852, Sesquicentennial
Parke, Crooks, 1848, Sesquicentennial
Parke, Hartman, 1822, Bicentennial
Posey, Kenneth & Mary Seebode, 1861, Sesquicentennial
Pulaski, Selmer, 1872, Sesquicentennial
Randolph, Donald R. & Myrna L. Peacock, 1837, Sesquicentennial
Ripley, John W. & Emo Vestal, 1902, Centennial
Ripley, Simon, 1915, Centennial
Rush, Arnold, 1821, Bicentennial
Rush, Collins/Addison, 1825, Sesquicentennial
Rush, Daubenspeck, 1830, Sesquicentennial
Scott, Faris, 1870, Sesquicentennial
Spencer, Huppert-Geiss, 1853, Sesquicentennial
Spencer, Collins, 1918, Centennial
Tippecanoe, Osborn, 1896, Centennial
Tippecanoe, Shelle, 1920, Centennial
Wabash, Willcox-Stout, 1914, Centennial
Warren, Hunter, 1886, Centennial
Warren, George B. Clawson, 1875, Centennial
Warrick, Godeke, 1920, Centennial
Wayne, Jackson, 1853, Sesquicentennial
Wells, Bonham, 1896, Centennial
Wells, Reed, 1871, Sesquicentennial
Wells, Hatfield/Shutt, 1871, Sesquicentennial
White, McMullen/Thomas, 1917, Centennial
Whitley, Sauers, 1872, Sesquicentennial
Click here for Lt. Gov. Crouch's audio.
Click here for ISDA Director Kettler's audio.
For more information about the Hoosier Homestead Award program, please visit isda.in.gov. Photos from today's ceremony will be posted to ISDA's Flickr page by Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
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