我们的名字背后的故事

在罗斯家族购买的时候，戴尔-豪农场已经有了绿色的烟囱和圆顶。 The owner prior to Tolbert was Colonel Henry Breckenridge who hired an itinerant minister to perform odd jobs around the farm, one of which was to paint the chimneys.

显然，牧师找到了一些绿色的油漆，不仅粉刷了所有的烟囱，还粉刷了谷仓的圆顶。 This became the “talk of the town,” because painting one’s chimneys anything but red, white or black was unheard of in those days!

Almost immediately, locals began to give directions to the Dell-Howe Farm by saying, “…and you go down the road…it’s the one with the green chimneys!” 布雷肯里奇是一个相当独特的人，他认为绿色的烟囱使他的农场更容易找到，并相信他的生意因为这种新奇而有所改善。 他决定保留这种颜色，让人们随心所欲地谈论他的农场。

The farm quickly became known as Green Chimneys, which was certainly more “fun” than Dell-Howe Farm. 罗斯一家从未打破这个传统，直到今天，在这个近200英亩的农场里，所有的烟囱和圆顶都继续被漆成同样的绿色！