Bolin Family Farm
Weld County
In 1909 Swedish immigrants Edward and Hannah Bolin homesteaded 477 acres near Briggsdale in Weld County. Here they raised four children -- Edward, Reul, Edgar, and Joyce -- who went on to collectively raise seven more.
Bolin Family Farm stuga at Centennial Village, Greeley, in 2009.
The original homestead house is now in Centennial Village in Greeley but the 1927 farmhouse and 1950s barn and garage are still in use. Grandson Rodney Willis owns the land and contracts out part of it for wheat and millet farming while another part of the land is under the Conservation Reserve Program.