The Gary and Kathy Peters family of Elk Creek will receive the AkSarBen Heritage Family Farm Award this year on behalf of the Jacob Peters family. The Jacob Peters farm is a fourth generation farm that has been in the same family for 158 years.
A history of the family farm states that Jacob Peters settled on the farm in 1862. G. R. (Gus) Peters married Clara Buethe on June 27, 1906. They lived…