Tudor Holcomb: Tobacco Farmer, Entrepreneur, And Organizer

(Patch) The historic Broad Hill Farm in the western hills of Granby with its beautiful collection of woodlands, hillside pastures, barnyards and open fields, intersected and bordered by trout streams and the Salmon Brook, is known today as the Holcomb Farm. Long referred to by many as 'Granby’s jewel,' it covers more than 300 acres of land formerly owned and operated by Tudor and Laura Holcomb. The family built a thriving operation that survived the Great Depression and in 1940 allowed Tudor to be named Connecticut’s Farmer of the Year, honoring his long history of experimentation and innovation in both tobacco and dairy farming. This was quite an accomplishment considering the financial condition the farm was in at the turn of the 20th century. Continued

Photos: Tobacco sheds near Greenfield, Connecticut, John Collier, 1941 (Library of Congress).