The farm was founded by the Botzum family, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1830s.

According to family history, the family lost their possessions to a pirate attack during their voyage to the U.S., and they were nearly abducted by South American slavers in New York City before traveling to Ohio.

The farm raised livestock and grew crops, and particularly outpaced its neighbors in the former; at one point it had 65 sheep and 31 hogs, both several times higher than the local average.

[2][3] The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 21, 1999.

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