Centennial Farms Program
In 1986 the Colorado Centennial Farms program was created by Governor Richard D. Lamm, the Colorado Historical Society (now History Colorado) and the Colorado Department of Agriculture to recognize the important role agriculture has played in our state’s history and economic development. Today, the program is administered by the State Historical Fund, a program of History Colorado. The Colorado Centennial Farms program was the first program of its kind in the nation to give a Historic Structures Award to families who have successfully preserved historic buildings on their farms and ranches. The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides this additional recognition.
Selected nominees are honored each year at the Centennial Farms Celebration at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colo., in August.
2016 nominees who listed wheat as a farm product:
Allmer Farm and Ranch
Chick Farm and Ranch
Cyrilla and Edith Meis
Dickinson Farm and Ranch
Gates Farm
Kochis Farm
Perlenfein Farm
Saffer Farms
Sanders-Naugle-5NLLC
Sleepy Hollow
Stanley and Carol J. Shafer
Thomas Farm
Allmer Family receiving their award at the State Fair
Kochis Family receiving their award at the State Fair
Complete List of 2016 Centennial Farm Awards:
Chick Farm and Ranch | 1916 | Campo / Baca |
Gates Farm | 1914 | Yuma / Washington |
Ohr Family Farm | 1912 | Lindon / Washington |
Sanders-Naugle | 1906 | Wild Horse / Cheyenne |
Saffer Farms | 1915 | Arriba / Lincoln |
Cyrilla and Edith Meis | 1915 | Yuma / Yuma |
Noble Ranch LLC | 1912 | Yuma / Yuma |
Haynes Hereford Ranch | 1916 | Holyoke / Phillips |
Dickinson Farm & Ranch | 1913 | Crook / Logan |
Kochis Farm | 1914 | Matheson / Elbert |
Knoblauch Ranch | 1882 | Del Norte / Rio Grande |
Wacker Farms & Livestock | 1905 | Brush / Morgan |
RLS Ranch LLC (Hillside Ranch) | 1916 | Yuma / Yuma |
Herman G. Peterson Farm/Ranch | 1916 | Kersey / Weld |
Perlenfein Farm | 1916 | Yuma / Washington |
Sleepy Hollow | 1904 | Ramah / Elbert |
Fox Fire Farms | 1916 | Ignacio / La Plata |
Stanley E. and Carol J. Shafer | 1910 | Laird / Yuma |
Koch Farm | 1914 | Pueblo / Pueblo |
Coe Middle Creek Ranch | 1913 | La Veta / Huerfano |
H P Bar Ranch | 1906 | Sedgwick / Sedgwick |
Allmer Farm & Ranch | 1916 | Briggsdale / Weld |
Thomas Farm | 1916 | Wiggins / Morgan |