Late 1600s – Two Hall brothers sail to America from England.

1709 – Preserved Hall, an ancestor of Rod and Randy Hall who was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and his wife, Lydia, give a certificate of good character to a woman accused of being a witch.

1767 – Allen Hall is born in Wrentham, Massachusetts. He later becomes one of the first settlers of Winthrop, Maine.

1816 – Allen Hall moves from Winthrop to East Dixfield and buys 70 acres of land to farm.

1869 – Original barn built.

1870 or 1871 – Original farmhouse jacked up and moved down the road with horses and oxen. A family still lives in the structure today.

1871 – New farmhouse built.

1880s – Local dairy farms, including Hall Farms, sell their milk to the Dixfield Centre Cheese Factory.

1915 – Hall family sells land to the village for a new two-room schoolhouse after the old one burns down.

1917 – Another house built on the farm as a wedding present for Ralph Hall, Rod and Randy Hall’s great-great grandfather. It costs $700. Rod Hall and his family live there today. His brother Randy lives down the road on 40 acres.

1936 – Hall Farms, for the first time, buys a tractor, a used one, beginning the transition from horses and oxen to mechanization.

1945 – The farm becomes home to registered Holsteins.

1946 – For the first time, Hall Farms invests in a new tractor.

1950s – Ralph Hall trades a cow for a piece of land in South Carthage, continuing to expand the farm.

Mid-1960s – The two-room schoolhouse closes. Ralph Hall buys back the land because it has a good well on it. Today, the building is used for storage and for an annual Maine Maple Sunday pancake breakfast.

1973 – Ralph Hall, Rod and Randy Hall’s great-grandfather, dies.

2000 – Dick Hall begins the process of transitioning the farm to his sons, Rod and Randy.

2002 – Hall Farms goes organic.

2006 – The transition of ownership is complete. Dick Hall retains just enough shares to make him a tie-breaking vote in decision-making, should it be needed.

2013 – Hall brothers build a compost barn.

2016 – Hall Farms celebrates its 200th birthday and wins the Maine Dairy Farm of the Year award.