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I will never forget all the wonderful times I had growing up on that little farm in Ithaca, Michigan. Life was so much simpler back then, and time seemed to go by much slower. I will never forget sitting on the cows while they were being milked, chasing the bull around with a switch from the willow tree, the smells of the milkhouse and looking at all the milk in the milk tank, the radio in the barn playing old school country music, the smell of Grandpa's pipe, playing in the corn shed, riding with Grandpa in his old car with holes in the floor, touching the electric fence with a shovel, maple syrup season, all of Grandpa's dogs specially Isac (He was the best dog ever!), all the big family gatherings at the house, drinking cold clean water from the well, climbing in the tree, and playing in the sandbox. Those memories are some of the best ones of my entire life, and mean so much to me! I will never forget all the great times I have had there! These memories are the foundation of my life.

The farm shown here was purchased by my Grandfather N.W. "Bill" Johnson in 1908 and the house built the same year. Sadly it burned on a -4 degree morning of 1/21/2004 and I lost my two sisters. I have lived on the western side of the farm since 1981 and now there are 5 generations to date who have lived on the farm; my grandkids are now a part of the farm as both my children have since built homes on the farm. We raise beef cattle; I am retired from the WVDOT and my husband still works. Farm life is the best.

What a great place to visit for the holidays! Grandpa and Grandma always made the holidays special with the kids and grandkids crowded around the table!
This was a place to go visit when you felt you needed to run from life as Grandma and Grandpa always made you feel special and smile know matter what you were going through!
Not a day goes by that I don't think about what it would be like to spend one more holiday with all of us gathered around the table..

Grandpa bought this farm in 1938 at auction. He had his brother in law farm it for a few years while he stayed on a rented farm. He moved my dad and aunt there in 1940. Dad still lives there today. I am the third generation to be blessed to farm for the family!

We recently purchased this farm. We were interested in what it looked like forty to fifty years ago. I contacted Vintage Aerial and gave them the part of the county the farm was located in. By phone and the internet, we went through farm pictures and located our farm. It was a fast and easy way to locate the farm. It is fun to see what the farm looked like in 1968 and now in 2010

This is the Charles Cramer farm near Mandale, Ohio, circa 1990. The junk in the photo was cleaned up in 1991/1992. The barn and the house have been remodeled since and a number of trees have also been planted. The person on the tractor is either Charles or Steve Cramer.

This picture was taken in the fall of 1971, three years before my birth. The farm was originally called the "Sloan Farm" until 1859 when Francis A Brown from Ohio purchased the property. This farm has been in the Brown Family ever since, 151 years as of 2010. The cemetery which is located on the west side of the property is named Brown Cemetery, 6 generation of the Brown Family are buried there along with other from this community. The Brown Family still operates a successful grain farm with this generation being the 6th to be involved with agriculture.

What a rare opportunity to have this photograph available to myself and 3 brothers. We were all raised here and explored the many wonders of the corn crib and barns as youngsters and where we cared for and ultimately showed our 4H projects. And what a walk from the school bus to the house which was a 3/4 mi. lane. The farm is now owned and operated by my oldest brother.

Tom
We are very happy with the photo we received. I can't complain about anything. We already have it hanging on the wall and it looks great!

Thank you

My grandparents bought this farm in Oct. 1959. My dad was 10 years old when they moved here and I heard the stories of the "cold old farmhouse" and the big red barn when I was younger. This photo is from 1974, one year before they tore down the old house and built a new one in 1975. When they were building the new house they had moved many of the items from the old house into the barn. Then, right before the new house was done the barn caught on fire and a bunch of friends and neighbors came to get the stuff out of the barn while the fire department was putting out the fire. They got everything out and were able to salvage about 1/4 of the hay mow and grandpa put a lower roof on the rest of it. I had never seen a picture of either the old house or barn and the fire happened 6 years before I was born so it is really neat to see these old photos. Grandpa is now 92 years old and in the nursing home. I moved here in April of 2008.