Brakensiek Farm - St. Charles County, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 44.294 W 090° 56.300
15S E 679188 N 4289746
On the Forstell-New Melle Road about half way between toe two towns.
Waymark Code: WMVPX8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
Views: 3
County of farm: St. Charles County
Location of farm: 1737 Foristell Rd., St. Charles County
Acres of farm: 157
Original Owner: Fritz Brakensiek, grandfather
year of acquisition: 1909
Date of Century status: April 27, 2009
Current owners: Emily Brakensiek
Century farm number:
In the link below, download the PDF of Century Farm listing to find the detail I listed above.
"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