His family farmed at the hall and had other buildings in the surrounding area which were lost over time.
A Finnish family lived and farmed the land in the late 19th century.
Although extended families farmed the land, they usually did not own it.
The family farmed the fields around the base of the hill during the summers.
Several families are farming now as private farmers on its land given to them after a compensation movement.
"It's very hot here," he said of the spot his family had farmed for generations, "and I don't like to work in the heat."
His family has lived and farmed in western Oklahoma for over a century.
"I'm farming what five families would have farmed during my dad's time," he said.
The family has been farming in the Natural Steps area since the 1870s.
Through four earlier generations, his family farmed the land.