The following names come the newspaper “Norfolk Daily News”, Saturday, June 3, 2000 on page 2. These are the ones who were given the award in 2000 and are the area recipients for 19 counties. “In order to qualify, a parcel of land must have been owned consecutively by members of the same family for at least 100 years.” This list will be as listed in the newspaper by county then by name and city.
Antelope — Allen & Janice Dozler, Elgin; Dale Johnson, Brunswick; Lehr Farms, Omaha; Willie Shrader, Ewing; Robert Scott, Tilden; Bill & Nancy Wylie, Elgin
Boone — CK Farms Incorporated, Albion; Mildred Greitens, Petersburg; Mrs. Warren Wilton, Petersburg
Boyd — Donald & Joan Hoffman, Omaha; Thomas & Joanne Langan, O’Neill; Walter & Lucille Motacek, Spencer; Alberta Sieler, Lynch
Burt — Virginia Follstad, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Cedar — Kathleen Brodersen, Yanton, South Dakota; Dalton Gillilan, Wausa; Claire & Norma Janssen, Coleridge; John and Norbert Leise, Wynot; David & Marlene Pick, Coleridge; Larry & JoAnn Rathgeber, Coleridge
Cherry — Claude & Bruce Reyman, Wood Lake; Mary Carr Swendener, Mullen
Colfax — Emil & H. Nadine Beran, Howells; Eugene & Jerane Figgner, Fremont; Duane Horn, Schuyler; Leonard Shonka, Schuyler
Cuming — Mark Harstick, West Point; Brian & Doreen Fischer, West Point; Marcella Schlecht, West Point; Amos & Laverne Schulzkump, West Point
Dixon — Walter & Dorothy Hale, Allen; Lavern & Opal Harder, Wayne; Leroy & Helen Hoesing, Newecastle; Edwin & Esther Schwarten, Emerson; Jerry & Karma Thomas, Newcastle
Dodge — Ronald Dames, Scribner; Anna Mae Elkmeier, Dodge; Lou Kroenke, Dodge; Robert & Louella Larsen, Fremont
Holt — Kenneth Coolidge, Lincoln; Edward & Margretha Kaczor, O”Neill; Walter Kollman, Atkinson; Albert Thoendel, Ewing; Norman & Genelle Trowbridge, Page; Widtfeldt Trust, O”Neill
Keya Paha –Denis Palmer, Springview; Gerald & Lois Titus, Springview; Brad Weston, Boyne City, Michigan
Knox — Roger & Cindy Effle, Orchard; Merle Milne, Creighton; Brandon Novak, Yankton, South Dakota; Robert & Norma Morrill, Creighton; Janice Peed, Verdigre
Madison — Janet Heath, Cedar Bluffs; Donald Koenig, Newman Grove; Danny & Peggy Patzel, Newman Grove
Pierce — Scott & Constance Bloomquist, McLean; Arvid & Sharon Monson, Wausa; Dennis Wacker, Osmond
Platte — Dennis & Norene Kuhr, Creston; Jerry & Darlene Herchenbach, Humphrey; Marilyn Theilen Vrana, Aurora
Rock — Allen Sybrant, Bassett
Stanton — Mardelle Gnirk, Hoskins; Esther Roker Wantlin, Stanton; Margaret Schellpeper, Stanton
Wayne — Dennis & Gloria Evans, Winside; Norman Haglund, Wayne; Zita Jenkins, Wayne; Kathleen Karr Caughenour, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Dallas & Marcella Schellenberg, Winside