The Blixrud farm was homesteaded in 1871 by Jens Neilson Blixrud, a Norwegian immigrant, who built the house visible here to replace the original log home. His son John Benjamin Blixrud farmed after Jens' death in 1909 until John's son Thomas C Blixrud took over in 1950. The building site changed ownership in the 1980/90s and the only structure remaining is the large machine shed in the center of the photo. A lovely brick family residence and a large grain handling system now occupy this homesite.