The story
Johann and Catharine Volkening established the farm in the late 1800s; its farmhouse, barn, smokehouse and chicken coop survive.
Everything that was here
- Date unknown
Volkening Family FarmOther
A German immigrant homestead from the late 1800s.
- Date unknown · still open
Volkening Heritage FarmAttraction
A free living-history farm where the calendar is stuck in the 1880s.
Nearby history
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