The Hogan Farm, which was homesteaded in 1910 by James Hogan) consisted of 320 Morgan County acres and was used as a dry land farm. Crops grown were corn, beans, millet, cane and wheat, with a few  cattle and chickens as well. The barn was built in 1911, a corral in 1940 and a new house and various out buildings were added in the early 1950's. After James Hogan's death in 1940, the homestead property passed on to his wife Anna B. Hogan and was purchased from the estate by James and Anna's son Robert E. Hogan and his wife Erlene in 1995.

Robert Andrew Hertneky immigrated to the United States from Austria and by 1892 was living in Pueblo working in the steel mill and living with his new wife Eva, also an Austrian. He heard about land being offered if people would live on it and improve it. He traveled from Pueblo by wagon with a Homestead official, promptly selected a site where they together drove a stake for claim. Andy and Eva returned soon after with a cow, some chickens, a team of horses and farming equipment. Soon after getting settled there was a severe blizzard, the likes of which they had never seen before.

Frank F. Heath purchased 80 acres near Montrose on February 26, 1910. Due to financial conditions he worked as a store manager in the town of Ophir for five years while he saved up enough money to build a home, potato cellar, buy machinery and clear the land. During those five years he continued to make payments on the land, land that he and wife Ruth lived on from 1915 until his death in 1969; Ruth would live to be 101 1⁄2 years old. The 1915 house had a screened in back porch where the three boys slept both summer and winter. Main crops at the time were potatoes, grain and hay.

In 1910, Edwin Flack bought 160 acres of Yuma County land near the town of Yuma. Here he built a house and barn, the family still has the original ledger book where expenses of $600 were entered for materials and labor. Health issues made it difficult for Edwin to operate the business and he offered to sell the property for $100 per acre to Fred Eden. Fred was not able to pay the price, or even the reduced price of $50 per acre and the land remained under Flack ownership. Mr. and Mrs.

In 1909 Battista and Paolino Foghino purchased a 190 acre~ La Animas Couny farm from prominent Trinidad business men Michael Beshear and James Mc Kough. The land passed on to daughters Rose, Minnie and Mary in 1959 and then to John and Joseph. The farm consists of both dry pasture and irrigated farm. Crops grown include farm and garden produce as well as cattle, chickens, pigs and the raising and training of draft horses. Several historic buildings including a 1895 house, 1900 barn, and 1915 hay shed and granary are still in use.

Bernt Andreas Benson, an immigrant from Norway, filed for a patent on his property under the Homestead Act. The 27'J farm that Bernt purchased was located in Logan County, in northeast Colorado, southeast of Sterling. Eventually, Bernt anglicized his name to the simpler Ben Benson. He assumed residency on October 5, 1910, living at first in an abandoned frame shack already on the property. Eventually, Ben built a sod house that adjoined the shack on two sides.

Albert and Matilda Bellgardt and their five children immigrated to America in 1906 from their native Germany. They settled in the Montrose vicinity as Albert had secured employment at the Bureau of Reclamation Gunnison Tunnel project. In October, 1910, the family homesteaded 97 acres of land in Bostwick Park above the Uncompahgre Valley and began to clear it for livestock and farming. Four more children would be born here. The first few years were spent in a tar paper shack. Domestic water was carried a quarter mile from a natural spring.

George Engle homesteaded this property in Douglas County near Castle Rock in 1860. His wife Louisa managed the ranch, and acquired additional acreage until the ranch reached 5,000 acres in size. Their nephew Josef Winkler immigrated to help with the place, and later became owner. At his death, the property passed to his children, who operate the ranch as the Winkler Cattle Company, Inc.

The Sullivan Ranch includes 2,160 acres, and is located in Rio Blanco, Routt and Moffat Counties. Patrick Sullivan came to Colorado from Ireland in the mid-1800's, one of 17 brothers who immigrated to America.Although he made application for homestead in 1884, the final patent wasn't issued until 1906. He raised cattle and forage crops, and acquired additional land in the adjacent counties. The use of the ranch hasn't really changed. The current owner, Eleven Bar Ranch LLC, includes partners and family members Milton C. Sullivan, Melton D. Sullivan, J. Elaine Sullivan, and Braeden A.

Jacob and Emma Rosenbrock came to Colorado from Germany in the late 19th century, and settled here, in Weld County, near Fort Lupton. They acquired this 80 acre parcel in 1900, and added it to the 160 acres they already owned. Their eleven children were born here. When the properties were divided at their death in 1943, this 80 acre parcel was purchased by their son William and his wife Helen. Their son Donald and his wife Barbara are now the owners, and they continue to raise cattle on the farm, as well as corn and alfalfa.