A Wisconsin family had farmed the same West Bend land since 1847 and George Muth became its fifth generation farmer; 179 years later, bulldozers have demolished the old barn for a new housing development
Bulldozers pushed the remains of the barn past its fieldstone foundation on Friday. A Wisconsin family had farmed the same land in West Bend since 1847, with George Muth becoming the fifth generation of his family to work the farm. On Friday, the old barn on the Muth family property was demolished as the land…