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The Hord Family Farms history, as shared by fifth generation Phil Hord.
About 1905, Guy Hord purchased a tract of land, still owned today, on the Crawford-Marion counties line just off Ohio 98. It’s called a Century Farm over 100 years old.
His family farm, over his lifetime, grew to over 500 acres, a large farm at the time, with row crops and fruit orchard. He raised other animals; some were pigs. It was a traditional farm.
One of his 12 children was Robert M. “Bud” Hord. He liked farming a lot and began on his own in 1946 with some land and 10 hogs. He bred and raised pigs from the mother hogs. There was a ceiling on hog prices during a portion of WWII because they needed the by-product for materials.
Three Rivers Land Trust permanently conserves 35 acres in Rowan County Three Rivers Land Trust works with private landowners and public agencies to conserve the most important natural, scenic, agricultural, and historic places in a 15-county region of the Piedmont and Sandhills of North Carolina (Source: Three Rivers Land Trust) By David Whisenant | February 23, 2021 at 7:20 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 7:29 PM
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the conservation of a 35-acre property located in Rowan County, purchased from the Crowther Family in February of 2021. This new conservation property builds off an additional 1,400 acres owned by TRLT and known as their Two Rivers Property.