Look for our fall event announcements, coming soon! The Harvest Festival returns with living history demonstrations and activities for the whole family. Plus, we’ve been busy “cooking up” our favorite fundraiser… Whether you make a recipe to enter, or just want to taste what others have brought, get ready for fall with our Chili & Soup Cook-Off fundraiser at the Harvest Festival!
We’re happy to share some news about recent successes by the Probstfield Foundation. In the winter of 2022 we applied for, and received, a $10,000 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society to obtain architectural drawings necessary prior to the repair the exterior of the Probstfield home. Built in 1868 by Randolph Probstfield, the home is the oldest standing home in the Red River Valley in the United States. Moorhead’s own Michael Burns Architects, Ltd, completed the drawings in September 2022.
The next step is to apply for a grant for the interior drawings and then we hope to apply for large grant to start construction on the exterior in the spring of 2023.
We also applied for and were awarded a huge discount on the online Quickbooks program through TechSoup. TechSoup is a non-profit providing technology software, hardware and knowledge to qualifying non-profit organizations. A fantastic service for the non-profit community!
We had a good year. We were in several parades, had a 4-H Animal Science Day with small animals on the farm, had a great Harvest Festival and continued our work in preservation and education. Our fields are empty, water is turned off and the weather has a beautiful fall chill to it. Happy Autumn to all!
From AgweekTV, Oct 7, 2015:
Our farmhouse restoration has made some serious progress this summer! But there is much to do. Please view the lovely article in the Fargo Forum at:
Then, put a reminder in your calendar to attend the Sunday Supper on Sept. 9. All proceeds go to further restoration efforts! The Probstfield Farm Living History Foundation also accepts donations toward restoration efforts. Tickets to the Sunday Supper and donation sites are handled through SquareUp.
The final product for Dr. Angela Smith’s Fall 2014 NDSU Digital History class, this documentary explores the legacy of Randolph Probstfield, an early settler of the Red River Valley of the North. Led by graduate students Lynsay Flory and Dan Newland, undergraduates John Wells, Luke Koran, and Typhanie Schafer also contributed in various ways to the production. The documentary premiered on December 12, 2014 at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Probstfield Farm 