Photo 46-PGRE-23

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Keystone Dairy Farm. Owners Pete and Lauree Raskovic. Named after Pete's home state of Pennsylvania

This is Hauser Century Farm. It was built in 1870 by Johann Rhyner, then passed down to his son, John Rhyner. When John and his wife, Barbara (Stuessy) moved to town, their daughter, Hilda and her husband took over the family business. After Hilda and Raymond Hauser retired, their son, Richard, and his wife, Rebecca, farmed and raised their family here. When Richard passed away, his son, Nic Hauser, and his wife, Leah, lived on the farm as the family prepared to sell it in. During that time, their son Avery was born, making him the sixth generation to be born on this family farm. The Hauser Family sold the farm in 2004.

Hi Leah,
We have pinned the location on our map. It seems like there's been some major changes over the years. Do you know if it's still a working farm?

Leah is correct, this was the Hauser Century Farm, however as new owners since 2004, we have renamed the farm and placed it in a 100-year irrevocable family trust with its current name "Keystone Farm". That being said, in 3004 the farm will ultimately become the Keystone Century Farm so as to leave a legacy for our own family. There have been many changes for sure since our ownership. The farmhouse and many of the building were in disrepair and we undertook restoration of the home and main barn as well as select outbuildings. We also operated a small dairy on the farm for a few years and we continue to raise dairy cattle and have added an additional 110 acres to the farm. I believe that it originally had almost 500 acres at one point in time. It is a beautiful and bucholic setting and was the subject of an award-winning painting by renowned artist Jonathan Wilde in 2005 entitled "A Midsummer's Eve".

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