History: Sponsored by Ed and Evelyn Crooks. This was originally a horse barn; it is currently used for livestock, grain, and straw storage. The Crooks family rented the property on shares from 1969 until 1978 when they purchased it. Original owner John Moore purchased the 158 acre farm in May of 1839. In 1859, he sold the farm to Benjamin H. Fleek and the current house was built shortly thereafter. Fleek’s daughter Allie married Jacob L. Roderick, and the Crooks’ purchased the farm from his grandson Jake Jones.

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The pattern “Flying Frontier” is an adaptation of the original barn quilt pattern “Flying Dutchman”, from the late 1800’s, which ties the Fleek and Roderick heritage together with the farmstead’s history.