![Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm members](/sites/default/files/styles/11to5_320x145/public/media/images/2018/Carnes-1_0.jpg?itok=gPFSmD8d)
Centennial Farms & Ranches
Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm
Phillips County
In 1915 with all his belongings and livestock, Frank E. Carnes traveled by train from Nebraska to Haxtun, Colorado, where he purchased a 160-acre farm for $4,800.
![Frank and Evelyn Carnes wedding portrait, 1918.](/sites/default/files/media/images/2018/frankevelyncarnes_wedding_1918.jpg)
Frank and Evelyn Carnes wedding portrait, 1918.
He soon met Evelyn Bricker, and the two were married in 1918. The couple built a two-story, five-bedroom home on the property, raised cattle, and farmed wheat, oats, millet, and alfalfa. The Carnes farmed for 50 years before their daughter, Lois Kipp, and her husband, Wilbur Kipp, took over. In 1985 Lois’s two sons, Brian and Darin, began to farm the land. The original buildings built by Frank Carnes in the early 20th century, including the two-story house, no longer exist on the property. Today the land has been set aside in the USDA Conservation Reserve Program.
![Frank Carnes hauling hay, 1929.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes_haulinghay1929.jpg?itok=SI5gX-bY)
Frank Carnes hauling hay, 1929.
![Brian Kipp hay baling on the Carnes Farm in 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/images/2018/BrianKipp_baling_hayCarnes_2009.jpg?itok=3AZdRgVX)
Brian Kipp hay baling on the Carnes Farm in 2009.
![Stacked hay for livestock feed in the winter, early days on Carnes Farm.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes_stackedhay.jpg?itok=cskCMiyA)
Stacked hay for livestock feed in the winter, early days on Carnes Farm.
![Aerial view of the Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm in 1953.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnesfarm_1953.jpg?itok=pWcRC71l)
Aerial view of the farm in 1953.
![A double hitch of teams of horses hooked to a sulky two bottom plow and a section of harrow on the Frank Carnes Farm, southeast of Haxtun. Photo taken in the 1920s.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes_doublehitch1920s.jpg?itok=ZPD356fA)
1920s image of a double hitch of teams of horses hooked to a sulky two bottom plow and a section of harrow.
![Wheat threshing on the Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm, 1920s.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes_threshing_wheat1920s.jpg?itok=GA_c2AdY)
Wheat threshing in the 1920s.
![Cutting alfalfa on Carnes Farm, 1929.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes_cutting_alfalfa_1929.jpg?itok=DXnI-GHS)
Cutting alfalfa on Carnes Farm, 1929.
![Frank Carnes heading wheat in the 1920s.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnesfarmheading_wheat1920s.jpg?itok=ygMLlMLr)
Frank Carnes heading wheat in the 1920s.
![Building the Frank Carnes home in 1918.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/building_frankcarnes_home_1918.jpg?itok=zITvHYOs)
Building the Frank Carnes home in 1918.
![Frank Carnes making soap, 1916.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/frankcarnes_making_soap-1916.jpg?itok=ADGpxwEA)
Frank Carnes making soap, 1916.
![Members of the Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm receive their Centennial farm award.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnes-2.jpg?itok=BPFM8GjH)
Members of the Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm receive their Centennial farm award.
![Frank and Clarence Carnes with horses, about 1919.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/frankclarencecarnes_ca1919.jpg?itok=1LxH0U91)
Frank and Clarence Carnes with horses, about 1919.
![Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm in 2002.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-03/carnesfarm_2002.jpg?itok=ytWM6Az3)
Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm in 2002.
![Binding wheat in a historic photo from the Frank E. Carnes and Evelyn C. Bricker Carnes Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/images/2018/carnes_binding_wheat.jpg?itok=_Hnjv_5P)
Binding wheat on the farm.
![Carnes Family, left to right: Frank, Evelyn, Esther, Ellen, Lois.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/images/2018/Carnesfamilyportrait_0.jpg?itok=mfbO0BMA)
Carnes Family, left to right: Frank, Evelyn, Esther, Ellen, Lois.