Pioneer Farm was purchased from UP Railroad in 1888 by Russian immigrant
The Troester-Olsen farm located southwest of Hampton was recently honored by the Aksarben Foundation and the Nebraska Farm Bureau as a Pioneer Farm in Nebraska. The land was purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad by Jacob Troester in 1888.
Hampton natives Damaris Olsen (standing) and her mother, Noni Troester, represent the third and fourth generations of ownership of the farm originally purchased by Troester’s great-grandfather in 1888.
One of the Hamilton County family farms recently honored by the Aksarben Foundation and the Nebraska Farm Bureau as a Pioneer Farm (owned by the same family for more than 100 years) has actually been owned by the family of Damaris (Troester) Olsen since 1888, a total of 137 years so far. And with plans to pass it on to the fifth generation, it looks like the Troester/Olsen Farm will be in the same…
