A buggy stands outside the house in an historic photograph of the Coe homestead

Centennial Farms & Ranches

Samual C. and Dola B. Coe Homestead

Cheyenne County

Sam and Dola came to Colorado from Illinois in 1913, two days after they were married to join relatives who had already settled homestead claims in the area.  Their first child, Mary, was born on the homestead in 1916.

Historic photograph of a woman on a horseback outside a sod house on the Coe Homestead.

Woman on a horseback outside a sod house on the Coe Homestead.

Photo courtesy of the Coe Homestead.

They moved back and forth between Colorado and Illinois for a number of years before finally settling in Colorado for good in 1938, along with six Angus cows and a Model A Ford.  They spent the rest of their lives eking out a living on their homestead. They saved their farm through the Dust Bowl, wars, droughts, and hailstorms. Because of their strength, determination, and planning, we are proud that it remains in the family today as a thriving wheat farm.

 
Members of the Coe family (seated) with their Centennial Farms certificate.
Members of the Coe family with their Centennial Farms sign.
Historic photograph of harvesting on the Coe Homestead.
Historic photo of a tractor, possibly in a parade.
Two women and a man pose for the photographer on the Coe Homestead.
Historic photograph of cattle on the Coe Homestead.
Sam and Dola Cole standing outside the house, 1957.
Historic photograph of young men and women dressed in their best.
Man sitting on a harvester, facing the camera.
Historic photograph of a sod brick barn on the Coe Homestead.
Several generations of the Coe Homestead stand in front of a barn door in this historic photograph.
Historic photograph of harvesting on the Coe Homestead.
An abandoned sod house and privy stand on the Coe Homestead.
An old silo, farm equipment, a stone building, and a house on the Coe Homestead.

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