Koenig - Schrader Century Farm - near Americus, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 46.519 W 091° 33.911
15S E 624638 N 4292821
The house is across the bridge in some trees.
Waymark Code: WMTJW1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2016
Views: 1
County of farm: Montgomery County
Location of sign: Mo-P & Bluffton Rd., Americus
Award presented" 2/11/2014
Year of family acquisition: 1914
William Koenig, grandfather
Size of farm: 123 acres
Current owner: Gerard Koenig
Additional owners: Cynthia Engemann & Christine Keown
Text on sign
Missouri
Century Farm
Koenig - Schrader
erected and awarded by
University of Missouri, Extension & Missouri Farm Bureau
The fields beyond the sign and across the road are part of the farm. There were definite signs "No Trespassing" "Do Not Cross Bridge" at the bridge and on the country road leading to the house. I obeyed the signs, and because of that do not have a photo of the house.
"The Missouri Century Farm program's history dates back to 1976 as a result of the Missouri Committee for Agriculture that was co-chaired by James B. Boillot, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture, and Elmer R. Kiehl, Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. The committee's purpose was to organize the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Missouri. One activity that was initiated by the committee was the "Centennial Farm" project, which awarded certificates to persons owning farms that had been in the same family for 100 years or more. Interest in the program continued after 1976. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and University of Missouri Extension planned a 10-year update in 1986 called the "Century Farm" program. This program has been sustained as a yearly event with over 100 farms recognized each year. In 2008, the Missouri Farm Bureau became a program co-sponsor." ~ University of Missouri, Extension