Ag & Business

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Carol Maddux / courtesy photo
The Maddux ranch barn built in 1916 and updated in 1973 is now covered in metal.

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This photo of the John Maddux family ranch is looking towards the east during the early 1900s. Stinking Water Creek runs along the bottom of the picture with the Texas Trail running along the left side of the ranch.

Maddux ranch homesteaded by family matriarch 135 years ago

The Maddux family beginnings in Chase County is as much a western tale as any could be.
The Maddux family home will be 136 years old in October.

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The Heim Homestead consists of the main house and multiple outbuildings that are still standing and in use. This barn is just one of them.

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Shona Heim of Champion enjoys the weather on a warm day. She still lives on and operates the family farm, residing in the original home.

A Chase Co. pioneer family’s journey; Heim homestead established in 1886

Shona Heim is a well-known face in the community who lives on and operates the original family farm near Champion where the original house (though added onto over the decades), barn and other outbu

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