The Family Land Heritage Program has recognized the following historic farms and ranches in Colorado County. These are farms or ranches that have been in a family continuously for 100 or more years.
The first number is the year acquired and the one in parentheses is the year recognized.
Abel Farm, 1871 (1974)
Bar MD Ranch, 1873 (1975)
Beken Home Place, 1895 (1996)
Big Oak Ranch, 1900 (2003)
Braden Ranch, 1879 (1986)
Brasher Farm, 1868 (1974)
Brune Ranch, 1867 (1976)
The Brune Farm, 1845 (2002 for 150 years)
Bubak Ranch, 1870 (1974)
Cozy Dell Farm [Heinsohn], 1867 (1985)
DR & RS Ranch, 1882 (1982)
Double R Cattle Co., 1883 (1995)
E Bar Ranch, 1860 (1987)
Fehrenkamp Ranch, 1837 (1975)
Fitzgerald Ranch, 1837 (1975)
Frels-Heger Ranch, 1900 (2002)
Frey Ranch, 1900 (2001)
Glueck Farm, 1883 (1984)
Harrison Ranch, 1859 (2001)
John Hastedt Estate, 1848 (1975)
Hathorn Ranch, 1895 (2002)
Heller Ranch, 1860 (1983)
Henry Beken Ranch, 1895 (2001)
Hester Bottom, 1874 (1974)
Albert Hoelscher Farm, 1883 (1997)
Jasek Ranch, 1887 (1995)
Joyce Brandt Ohnheiser, 1900 (2002)
Kaiser Ranch, 1875 (1975)
K & E Kickler Ranch, 1875 (1975)
Ila Kickler Estates, Farm No. 1, 1875 (1975)
Koehn Farm, 1892 (2003)
Krenek Farm, 1844 (1974)
Kveton Ranch, 1875 (1975)
Leyendecker Ranch, 1832 (1974)
Lower Estate, 1874 (1974)
John Matthews Place, 1837 (1997)
Meismer Farm, 1889 (1999)
Joseph Meismer Farm, 1889 (1991)
Meismer "Flying M" Ranch, 1902 (2002)
Motl Henneke Farm, 1891 (1992)
L. P. Neuendorff Ranch, 1881 (1981)
Ordner Ranch, 1867 (1975)
Perry Estate, 1822 (1974)
Poenitzsch Ranch, 1887 (1994)
Potter Polled Herford Ranch, 1872 (1974)
Prause Uhlig Farm, 1872 (1976)
R S Bar Ranch, 1882 (1992)
Rahlwes Ranch, 1890 (1990)
Reichardt Farm, 1849 (1989)
Fredrick Schneider Ranch, 1853 (1991)
Schneider-Kuehn Acres, 1867 (1993)
Schultz Farm, 1903 (2003)
Margaret L. Hester Schumacher Ranch, 1872 (1974)
Joe Shaw Estate, 1859 (1974)
Simon Wilde Farm, 1870 (1974)
Tait Ranch, 1847 (1974)
Taits Point, 1847 (1974)
Tee Kay Gee Ranch, 1875 (1975)
Trefny Ranch, 1900 (2002)
Glen Vogelsang Ranch, 1865 (1986)
W. W. Ranch, 1872 (1974)
Seaborn B. Walker Ranch, 1851 (1990)
Warschak Ranch, 1892 (1992)
Weishuhn Ranch, 1876 (1995)
Fred Westergren Ranch, 1867 (1997)
Westphal Ranch, 1867 (1975)
Wilde Farm, 1870 (1974)
Williams Ranch, 1857 (1983)
Wooten Ranch, 1855 (1974)
Jim Youens Ranch, 1867 (1974)
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