A Star-Spangled tractor proudly flying Old Glory greets travelers along U.S. Highway 212 in central South Dakota.
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Parked on U.S. Highway 212 in central South Dakota for all to enjoy, this Spirit of ’76 is one of little more than 200 manufactured by Case in 1976 to celebrate America’s bicentennial. Parade, S.D., rancher Oren Lesmeister's dad, Louie, purchased it new off the lot in 1976.
A vintage photo of the Spirit of '76 Case tractor that Oren Lesmeister's dad purchased in 1976 when Oren was 10.
Today, Oren and Tracy Lesmeister raise a herd of commercial Black Angus cattle that they manage on a rotation to maximize grassland health and access to fresh water. The landscape of rolling hills is not ideal for farming, but their cattle thrive among the native grasses and wildlife.
Today, Oren and Tracy Lesmeister raise a herd of commercial Black Angus cattle that they manage on a rotation to maximize grassland health and access to fresh water. The landscape of rolling hills is not ideal for farming, but their cattle thrive among the native grasses and wildlife.
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Today, Oren and Tracy Lesmeister raise a herd of commercial Black Angus cattle that they manage on a rotation to maximize grassland health and access to fresh water. The landscape of rolling hills is not ideal for farming, but their cattle thrive among the native grasses and wildlife.
Lesmeister’s farm-ranch heritage began in Dewey County, South Dakota, around 1898 when Oren Lesmeister’s great-grandpa, Adam, left Strausburg, North Dakota, and discovered this area’s landscape of rolling grassland hills, springs and wetlands. Immigrants from Germany, Adam, together with his son, Frank, traveled to the land office to get an official deed to the land in 1909.
Lesmeister’s farm-ranch heritage began in Dewey County, South Dakota, around 1898 when Oren Lesmeister’s great-grandpa, Adam, left Strausburg, North Dakota, and discovered this area’s landscape of rolling grassland hills, springs and wetlands. Immigrants from Germany, Adam, together with his son, Frank, traveled to the land office to get an official deed to the land in 1909.
