Farm Name

We have had a ton of "Where in the WORLD did you come up with Hardenberg?"  Well, let me tell you, cause it is a cool story.  My great grandpa Carl was born in Sweden.  He moved to Denmark during the famine.  Carl ended up working as the head Shepherd at the Hardenberg Manor in Sakskobing, Denmark.  There he met my great grandma Anna Marie who worked in the manor.  They fell in love and moved to America.  Skip ahead...  When I was 8 years old my family moved to Knoxville (IL), my grandmother Edith (Carl and Anna Marie's daughter) thought it would be nice if I wrote to my cousin Jessica from Sweden.  Jessica and I wrote back and forth for years, then emailed.  We became fast friends.
For my thirtieth birthday, I decided that I was going to visit Jessica and try to find the manor, just like my grandma Edith did when I was about 2 years old.  So, Jessica did some digging on the internet and found what we hopped was the location of the manor.  We had a GREAT trip and yes, we made it to the manor!  It was a great day that I will never forget.
Anyway, when Will and I were trying to come up with a name that would have some meaning to us.  Finally it hit me upside the head when we were planning on some things we could do when Jessica came to visit.  Hardenberg Friesian Horse Farm was created!  I knew it was the right choice when I told my Grandma.

08/06/2007 me and Jessica