Historical Content Note: The following material is reprinted from publications from throughout Fermilab's history. It should be read in its original historical context.
Additional historical farm photographs
Pioneer lime stone house. Konen farm, Site 27, 1968(1 of 10)
Farm families harvesting on the Bartelt farm, fall 1915 (2 of 10)
Farm families with corn picker, 1915(3 of 10)
Schwahn family portrait, Site 24 The Bengtson family emigrated to America from Sweden in 1867. First to arrive were Lars, the father, and Anders. Three miles southeast of Batavia, where the Big Woods fronted unplowed prairie, Lars Bengtson and his son staked out a claim of 15 acres. Three months later sons Ferdrik and Johannes came and at the end of the year the mother Anna Britta and James came to America. While the older sons hired out as farm help Lars Bengtson took up stone-cutting in the limestone quarries. In 1872 Lars Bengtson joined with August Anderson and Carl Michaelson in the founding of the Bethany Lutheran church. The Bengtson farm was eventually sold to Johann Schwann and in 1968 was sold to become a part of Fermilab. Source: Elliott Lundberg (4 of 15)
Schwahn home, Site 24 (5 of 10)
Schwahn farm building, Site 24(6 of 10)
Schwahn family, Site 24 (7 of 10)
Schwahn family road trip, Site 24 (8 of 10)
Pioneer Cemetery gravesites of War of 1812 veteran General Thompson Mead and Mrs. Miriam Mead (9 of 10)
Pioneer Cemetery. Batavia-Warrenville Road(10 of 10)