Century Farm & Ranch Program
Idaho State Historical Society
"This program is designed to honor those farm and ranch families who persevered through physical hardships, natural disasters, and economic hard times to settle this great state.
The program recognizes a farm or ranch owned and operated in Idaho by the same family for at least 100 years, with 40 acres of the original parcel of land maintained as part of the present holding.
The program also honors a family farming or ranching continuously for 100 years in Idaho, but not necessarily on the same land."
Four farms in Gem County have been recognized as Century Farms.
Highland Livestock and Land Company (1888) Current Owner: Estate Jessie Little Naylor First Generation Owner: Robert and Mary Aikmen Location: Willow Creek
Robert W. and Julie Upson Farm (1885) Current Owner: Robert W. and Julie Upson First Generation Owner: Katie and Christian Kjersgaard Location: Emmett
Harold B. Williams and Howard D. Williams Farm (1890) Current Owner: Harold B. Williams and Howard D. Williams First Generation Owner: Horace and Letitia S. Baker Location: Emmett
Howard R. Wilson Farm (1889) Current Owner: Howard R. Wilson First Generation Owner: William and Lena Wilson Emmett, Idaho
Note: The information included in the above list was taken directly from the applications as originally submitted. The Century Farm/Ranch program began during the Centennial Year of 1990; therefore, the information may not be the most current.
Century Farm & Ranch Program