HISTORY OF CENTURY FARM

By Lee F. Priseler
Published on November 1, 1966
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Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. This is a 36-60 Yellow Fellow Separator threshing in 1919 at the Century Farm. J. J. Priseler in the stack.
Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. This is a 36-60 Yellow Fellow Separator threshing in 1919 at the Century Farm. J. J. Priseler in the stack.
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Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. This is an 18 horse Avery double undermounted steam engine bought by J. J. Priseler in 1907. It was sold to Anders and Theodorff in 1917. Threshing at the Priseler farm. Herman
Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. This is an 18 horse Avery double undermounted steam engine bought by J. J. Priseler in 1907. It was sold to Anders and Theodorff in 1917. Threshing at the Priseler farm. Herman
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Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. J. J. Priseler breaking timber land on the Century Farm, Pecatonica, Illinois about 1922. The farm was all timber at one time.
Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, California. J. J. Priseler breaking timber land on the Century Farm, Pecatonica, Illinois about 1922. The farm was all timber at one time.
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Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San 'Diego 9,California This is an Avery, 40 HP, Under-mounted engine with Geiser saw mill, sawing out a barn on Merkle farm in Winnebago Co., Illinois in 1927.
Courtesy of Mr. Lee F. Priseler, 4253 Mission Blvd., San 'Diego 9,California This is an Avery, 40 HP, Under-mounted engine with Geiser saw mill, sawing out a barn on Merkle farm in Winnebago Co., Illinois in 1927.

4253 Mission Blvd., San Diego 9, Calif.

It was the year 1842 when the first Priseler set foot on the now
‘Century Farm’ in northern Illinois. My Great-grandfather,
Joseph, became one of the first settlers in this community, coming
here from Northeast, Pennsylvania. He bought the land from the
government for $1.25 per acre. The Winnebago Indians, for whom the

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