Some Facts About the Unger Farm

* Frank Unger bought the farm in 1906 from the Johnson Families.

* The original farm was 160 acres and cost $3,700.

* Frank rasied goats. There were as many as 50 unfenced goats on the farm at one time.

* Only German was spoken at home when Frank and his wife, Hermina, raised their six children.

* Frank grew 19 varieties of grapes on the farm as a hobby.

* After Frank's death in 1934, his second eldest son, Bill, began running the farm at age 15.

* In 1941, William married Margie. They had a log house built on the farm, just south of the main farm house.

(These facts were first recorded in the article called "History of the Frank Unger Farm" from the Frederick Unger Family Reunion book (1998))

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