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The house on Doug Pratt's 160-acre farm in Perrysburg Township dates back to 1825 and is one of the oldest in the area.

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Another view of Doug Pratt's farm.

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Doug Pratt, 82, in his house which has the original stairwell from their homestead that dates back to the 1800's.

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Mary Ellen Pratt, stands in front of the original doors and knockers on the house, which dates back to 1825.

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Mary Ellen Pratt is reflected in a piece of furniture that came with the original house.

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Mary Ellen Pratt, stands in front of her "ancestry wall."

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The original wood from the homestead remains.

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Doug Pratt, 82, left, and his wife Mary Ellen, stand in front of a barn on their homestead.

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Doug and Mary Ellen Pratt at their farm, which dates back to 1825 and is one of the oldest in the area.

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Doug Pratt's great grandparents, Susan Perrin Pratt and Benjamin Foster Pratt.

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A family photograph on the porch of the Pratt home.

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The Pratt family believes this is the first picture of the house on the farm.

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The Bucher Family farm.

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Nancy Bucher, left, and her sister Kathy Dollman near the pre-Civil War barn at their family farm in Whitehouse, Ohio. The farm has been in the family for more than 100 years, and has been recognized by the state of Ohio as an historic family farm.

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The barn and some of the sheep on the family farm. The ground, at right rolls down to a ravine, and Swan Creek is on the other side.

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Swan Creek and sheep seen through a doorway of the pre-Civil War barn. The barn had been moved to its current location to bring it closer to the pasture land of the farm.

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A view from inside the pre-Civil War barn in Whitehouse, Ohio.

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The barn is part of a farm that has been recognized by the state of Ohio as an historic family farm.

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Joe Dollman, husband of Kathy Dollman, working on the family farm.

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Kathy Dollman, left, and her sister Nancy Bucher in the hay loft of the barn.

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The sign for the John Luke family farm, outside of Delta, Ohio, as seen from Fulton County Road M.

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The barn on the land near the home near the John Luke Centennial Farm, which has been in Patricia Beam's family since 1877.

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The hand-hewn beams of the John Luke farm's barn.

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Patricia Beam in the barn of the John Luke Centennial Farm, which has been in her family since 1877.

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Stephan and Patricia Beam on her family's historic farm.

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Pat Beam and her husband Stephan Beam in front of historic photos of the farm.

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A black and white photo of the John Luke Centennial Farm from mid-20th century. County Road 6-2 runs from left to right in the photo.

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