Ohr Family Farm
Washington County
German immigrants, Karl Ohr and Karoline Lang came to America on March 1st, 1890 on the steamship “SS Trave.” The couple married the next year and moved to Omaha, Nebraska where they had three children. The family moved to Colorado in 1910 and came by train to Bovina and then by wagon north towards Glen. During the ride north the wind came up and blew off Karl’s top hat, at that point he found out what eastern Colorado wind was all about.
Members of the Ohr family with their Centennial Farm sign.
In 1912, Karl made homestead entry number 018030 on land near Lindon, Colorado and constructed a sod house. In 1942, the land was transferred to the eldest son, Fred. Richard Ohr and his wife Barbara purchased the land in the 1960s. The land is now in the Conservation Reserve Program planted back to native grass species; Rocky Mountain Junipers and plums are now present on the homestead. In 2015, Russian honey bee hives produced the homestead’s first ever “Ohr”ganic Honey.