The Osmus Farm is located in Yuma County near the town of Wray. The farm dates to 1893 when Henry and Sarah Osmus came from Iowa to settle and start a homestead in Yuma County. The operation was later taken over by Henry and Sarah's son John H. Osmus and his wife Josie; and later still by his grandson, John D. Osmus. Today the farm is owned and operated by Henry and Sarah's great- grandchildren, Phil and Dallas Osmus. From the beginning the main crop has always been wheat.

The Lyster Farm is located on 174 acres in the Pleasant Valley area northeast of Greeley. The Farm was purchased by A. N. Lyster in 1891 from the original homesteaders, Alexander and Mary Ferguson. The farm has since been home to three generations of Lysters including A.N. Lyster's son, N.H. Lyster, and later his grandchildren, Norman C. Lyster and Elizabeth (Lyster) Eckles, who are the current owners.

The Grauberger Farm is situated on 2,200 acres in Logan County near the town of Fleming. It was started in 1897 by Henry Grauberger, who married Henrietta Marks in 1901. They both lived in the original "soddie" until they built the current farmhouse in 1910, with the second generation of Graubergers, Roy, born in the house the day they moved in. Roy was later married in that same house, and he and his wife farmed there with their son, Darrell, until Roy retired in 1979 and Darrell took over.

The Gordon Ranch encompasses over 7,300 acres in Elbert County near the town of Limon. The ranch dates back to 1897 when Matt and Barbara Gordon first started a homestead in the area. Matt and Barbara raised ten children there, and the ranch grew as the children grew up and added to the ranch through family purchases and additional homesteads, until it reached its current size of over eleven square miles. Today the ranch is owned and operated by Matt and Barbara's grandson, Bernard G. Gordon, who raises wheat and corn in addition to the cattle operation.

The Cribb-Leitzinger Farm, located in Delta County near the town of Hotchkiss, was started 100 years ago this year by James and Sarah Ann Cribb. The young couple came to this country from England and Wales in 1891 and first settled in Crested Butte. After working for six years in the mine, they had saved enough money to purchase 40 acres on Rogers Mesa, where they established their new home, planting fruit trees and raising livestock.

The Bickling Farm, located near Greeley in Weld County, got its start in 1897 when Herbert N. Bickling purchased an 80-acre farm from Thomas F. Thompson. Back then the principal crops were potatoes, hay, wheat and oats; later came beets, corn and onions. The farm was later passed down to Herbert's son Archie LC. Bickling and his wife Edith. The Bickling Farm is also a recipient of the historic structures award for the preservation of several turn-of-the-century buildings including two houses, a garage and an original granary.

The Bergquist Ranch is located in Jackson County near the town of Walden. Charles Bergquist came to North Park directly from Sweden in 1887; and by 1890 both Charles and his brother, Axel Ed Anderson, had established homesteads in the area. Charles eventually bought out his brother and passed the ranch on to his son, Walter Bergquist.

The Taylor Ranch is located north of Pagosa Springs in Hinsdale County. The ranch got started one hundred years ago when John H. Toner and his sister, Lillie Toner Johnson, who had been living in Farmington, New Mexico, brought cattle to the upper Piedra area and filed on two homesteads. John later married Margaret Brown, and the ranch is now home to their granddaughter, Jean and her husband John J. Taylor. The Taylors will also be receiving the historic structures award.

The Thornton Farm is comprised of 320 acres of rich farmland in Weld County near Windsor. It dates back to 1895 when Wilber Richard Thornton and his wife Jessie purchased the land from the Union Pacific Railroad. It has since been home to five generations of Thomtons, and now produces corn, alfalfa, sugar beets, barley, and pinto beans. The Thornton family is also receiving the historic structures award for the preservation of several tum of the century buildings.

The Salmonson Farm, located in Larimer County near Berthoud, was first purchased in 1895 by Eric August Salmonson from the original homesteader. It was later passed down to his son, Victor Salmonson and his wife Eunice, who still owns half of the farm along with her son, Cary and his wife Donna. They now raise hard, red winter wheat, oats, alfalfa, and feed barley. The Salmonson Farm is also receiving the historic structures award for the preservation of over a half dozen historic buildings.