Imagine for a moment a young man walking his grandfather’s farmstead. As his worn, brown leather boots press across the stalks of wheat, he looks up into the setting sun. On the west ridge stands the first barn on the farm, erected by hand in the 1850’s.

As he approaches, the outline of the barn begins to disappear and he slowly begins to see the weather-worn wood with faded colors of the red paint that used to exist. The barn has not been used for 50 years and surprisingly is still standing strong against the seasonal winds.