John Buol acquired the farm north of Burlington in 1920. He raised wheat, corn, and milo, along with all classes of cattle. The land is still farmed by his great grandchildren today.

Henry H Wood moved to Kit Carson County near Stratton in 1909 from Hill City, Kansas. Here Henry and wife Rachel raised six boys and one girl. Originally living in a sod house until the 2-story stone house was built around 1914. In 1933 son Harvey and wife Iona joined his parents on the ranch, had six children and purchased the home place in 1940. One of the children, Robert, continued to live on the ranch and cared for his mother after Harvey passed away. He purchased the land in 1993 where he and wife Phyllis raise horses, grow alfalfa and lease out pasture land.

In the early 1900's Gottlieb and brother Fred Stahlecker homesteaded near Bethune in Kit Carson County - being near each other allowed the families to share resources during hard times. Fred eventually sold his land and Gottlieb sold his 280 acres to son William in 1945 - a good place to raise 7 children. One of those children, George, purchased the land in 1969. Wheat, corn, sunflowers, feed and cattle have been raised on the land. In 1990 George was able to buy back Fred's land, thus rejoining ownership of both homesteads.

With a flip of a coin, Charlie Smelker and his brother-in-laws decided that Colorado would be the place to investigate homesteading. By 1907 he had laid a claim on a piece of land thirteen miles south of Stratton in Kit Carson County and began preparing for his family by constructing a frame house which is still part of the current residence. Wife Luella and the four children soon arrived by train and the family farm began to take shape. At first there was no well and water had to be hauled in two barrels attached to their horse 'Fritz" from neighboring farms for several years.

Fred and Roysten Matthies homesteaded 160 native grass acres near Burlington in Kit Carson County in 1907. They worked hard to break the sod and raised feed for their livestock. A wood well house was constructed in 1916, with an adobe and frame garage, adobe well house, concrete cellar, and adobe house constructed in the 1920's and early 1930's- all still in use today. Now encompassing 2080 acres, the land is owned and worked by son Leonard and wife Shirley Matthies who, along with their son Gene and neighbor Rick, grow corn and wheat and provide pasture land.

William Harvey Hughes homesteaded 160 acres near Stratton in Kit Carson County in 1907 where he and his wife, Rosa, and four children, lived in a dug-out structure for three years. In 1910 they upgraded to a sod house and two more children were born into the family and 320 more acres were added to the land holdings. A two-story frame house was built in 1922; it is the current residence on the farm. In 1939 the Hughes' moved in to town and daughter Vena and her husband Herbert Scheierman moved onto the place.

James and Myrtle Rhoades came to Colorado from Kansas in 1902. In 1903 they acquired the former Adams Homestead near Burlington in Kit Carson County. There, they raised barley, corn and feed, and kept horses and milk cows. Battling the hardships of life on the eastern plains took its toll, and for a time they leased the farm and moved to Idaho. But they returned a few years later and picked up where they had left off. Their perseverance paid off, because today the Rhoades property is a 12,200 acre cow and calf ranch occupied by the fourth generation of the family, Bobby and Gary Rhoades.

In 1910 Pearl Waitman homesteaded 320 acres in Kit Carson County near Stratton. With the help of her father and brother a sod home was built where son Phil and wife Sarah would later raise their five children; Phillip, Phyllis, Eileen, Arleen and Arthur. One of those children, Art and wife Lou, continue to live on the land where livestock is raised. The farm is currently being leased out but Art has added additional acres since taking over in 1964.

The Montezuma building is located in Burlington, CO on 14th street, the town's main business street. It was rebuilt in 1950 and has two street fronts. 

The Boger Farm, located near Vona in Kit Carson County, was first settled in 1896 by Frank Boger and his new bride Flora. Frank and Flora had nine children, but it was their eldest surviving son, Horace, and his wife Opal, who took over operations in the 1930s. In 1985 their daughter, Joyce, and her husband, John Miller, moved on to the farm. The Boger Farm is also being given the historic structures award from the National Trust, for the preservation of several historic structures, most of which date to the 1930s.