Troester-Olsen farm honored by Aksarben

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.
    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.
    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 s...

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