Haynes Hereford Ranch family with their Centennial Farm sign.

Centennial Farms & Ranches

Haynes Hereford Ranch

Phillips County

Eric Frederick Noren and his wife Charlotta immigrated from Sweden and settled in Haxtun, Colorado where a small, Swedish settlement called the Fairfield Community was located in the 1880s.

Haynes family members (seated) with their Centennial Farms certificate.

Haynes family members (seated) with their Centennial Farms certificate.

History Colorado.

At Haxtun they lived in a sod house and had four children. Eric Frederick passed away and Charlotta left Haxtun to obtain the homestead near Holyoke, in 1916. In 1956, after Charlotta passed, her grandson, Delbert Haynes bought the land. Delbert and his wife, Emily married on August 24, 1944, and still own the ranch. They had four sons. Three sons and two grandsons ranch nearby.

Front view of the wooden 1916 barn on the Haynes Hereford Ranch.

The 1916 barn on the Haynes Hereford Ranch.

Photo courtesy of the Haynes Hereford Ranch.