Centennial Farms & Ranches

Johnson-Skold Farm

Phillips County

The Johnson-Skold Farm, located on 320 acres in Phillips County near Haxtun, is also celebrating its centennial this year. It got its start when K. August Johnson began a quarter section homestead in 1896, and was expanded in 1910 when his daughter, Esther, and her husband, Joseph N. Skold, started their own homestead on an adjacent quarter section. The farm was later passed on to Joseph and Esther's daughter, Gladys, and her husband, Lawrence Bjorklun. Today, the farm is owned by Glenn and Melvin Skold, nephews of Gladys and the great grandsons of K. August Johnson.