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This is the second house that was built on the Hamilton family property.

Mary Weston's house was moved into town on Georgie. Possibly 420 N. Georgie

The barn on the Mohr homestead was built using some of the lumber from the Derby School destroyed in 1903 by a tornado. The picture was dated in the 1920s.

Chris Mohr (in the wagon) and Harold Mohr (in the loft) in the 1920s. The barn had three grain rooms. The center room was hidden until the grain was used in the outer rooms.

Robert Hamilton moved to Derby to purchase the property in 1883. Robert and his brothers lived on the property.

The Carlton family came to Derby in 1871 and built a house located on Oliver between 47th and 55th on the west side. The family is pictured in 1894 (left to right): Lucinda Blevins Carlton (in the background), Franklin S. Carlton, Lilly Belle Craig,…

Ed Goodin owned this farm in the early 1900s through 1945. The barn in this photo was covered in tin by Herman Schweitzer during the time he owned the land from 1945 - 1988.

The homestead of Wilbur Shinn in November 1915.

Wilbur Shinn with horses and a wagon on his homestead in November 1915.