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My Grandparents bought this farm in the 1940's and my mother grew up there, today me and my family live there.

This farm was owned by BJ Boesen, then sold to the Seidel family, then sold to a family named Watts that tried to do some non traditional dairy farming, then sold to the Shores family. In November 2010 the Dairy barn burned down just months after their cattle were sold.

This is the Yakaitis Farm purchased my Thaduas and Marcella Yakaitis in 1961. This was a summer home for the Yakaitis family who lived in Chicago Ill. Currently, Thaduas and Marcella’s daughter lives in the house. The landscape has grown up and some new buildings have been added but it still looks mostly the same.

While we have lived here only a year, it is great to see how the old place looked in better times.

My father-in-law purchased this farm in the 1980's without even looking at the house. He simply wanted the farm ground. When my husband graduated from college in 1997, it became his home. In 2002, shortly after we were married, we purchased the house and some of the land.

So much has has changed since this photo was taken. On top of everything, we've done lots and lots of cleaning up! We have added pasture for cattle and sheep, taken down some old trees and planted several new ones. The barns have been painted and sided and we added a new grain bin. The house is still a work in progress but it's a wonderful place for our three little boys to grow up and explore. I'd like to think that the changes we've made have been improvements and something to be proud of.

I was so excited to be able to get a picture from this time period. It was taken way before we started making changes and it's a really awesome thing to be able to compare. We have an original photo (I've been doing local research) of the farm and found out that it was built in 1868. It was one of the first homes in Greene Twp a long time ago - a little bit of history!
Thank you Vintage Aerial!

On this property, the house was two old houses that were put together and the top of the larger house was taken off with a chain saw. Also, Mr. Wade built the old big barn himself and sadly it has not aged well and will soon be torn down. The long shed was the machine shed and now will become a horse shed, the smaller shed was chicken house and no longer exists as very little of the fence does ether.

The trees in front of the property are still there - the ones in front of the house are here but one is dead and is a woodpecker haven. The house is now tan and brown. Can you believe 4 kids were raised in this little house?

My father bought this house for $5000 in 1952 or 1953. My mother lived in the house until 1998. My parents grew cotton, corn, peanuts and 7 kids. It was a great place to grow up.

This farm is located in Newaygo County Michigan. Floyd Schooley bought this farm from Matt Larson in 1925. Joseph C. Hayes bought this farm and the farm just to the south from Floyd Schooley in 1978. He and his son operated the farm without any chemicals and were very proud of their high quality milk from their dairy herd. The farm is now operated by Joe's sons, still without chemicals.

This home is part of a 312 acre farm bought in 1978 by Joseph C Hayes. The family still owns it. This farm was owned by 9 different families before 1905. In 1905 the property was purchased by an Ed Thorsen and his family owned it until 1953 when they sold it to Raymond Schroer. The Schroer's owned this land until 1959 when they sold it to Floyd Schooley. The Schooley family owned the farm until they sold it on land contract to our family in 1978.