![Members of the CTL Farm & Ranch family (seated) with their certificate.](/sites/default/files/styles/11to5_320x145/public/media/2018-08/ctl-certificate_0.jpg?itok=pGe1oyuR)
Centennial Farms & Ranches
CTL Farm and Ranch
Yuma County
A hearty pioneer woman’s spirit was the beginning of the legacy for this northeast Colorado farm and ranch. Annie and Samuel Seward came to Colorado in 1888 with five small children in a prairie schooner to homestead in Yuma County.
Annie was known to have brought one of the first Brown Swiss Milk Cow herds to Colorado. She remained in charge of the herd until the age of 85. Corn and wheat have been the main crops throughout the years and the rich grass of the prairie canyons has fed several head of cows and calves.
The farm is now owned by the fifth generation of women in agriculture and they hope to continue to be good stewards of the land in order that future generations can benefit from the bounty the eastern plains produce.
![An historic black and white photograph of a dog in front of a farmhouse and windmill.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/images/2017/ctl.jpg?h=f7611d38&itok=RRtb3V2l)
Historic photograph of the CTL Farm and Ranch farmhouse.
![Historic photograph of livestock and a dog outside a barn on the CTL Farm and Ranch.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/ctl_historic_0.jpg?itok=fw7Mrpyy)
Historic photograph of the CTL Farm and Ranch.
![Members of the CTL Farm & Ranch family (seated) with their certificate.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/ctl-certificate_0.jpg?itok=57sDJBUM)
Members of the CTL Farm & Ranch family (seated) with their certificate.
![CTL Farm and Ranch family holding their Centennial Farms & Ranches sign.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/ctl-farm-family-portrait_0.jpg?itok=SVl_zSd7)
CTL Farm and Ranch family.