Update: The Depression-Era shed directly behind the sign was destroyed by high winds, and the corn crib in the distance has been demolished. The sign later faded badly and had to be replaced.

A picture of myself at my family’s farm this summer showing that the state of Illinois recognizes my family’s ownership for the last one hundred years. We own the farm across the road too; that one has been in my family for over 130 years. More pictures in the future of the two barns that date from the late 1800’s and 1914. Wait a minute, why am I not wearing socks?