Lone Star Farm takes its name from the quilt block displayed on the over-100-year-old barn.  Lone Star is one of the most recognizable quilt patterns, and also one of the oldest. 

 Tiny radiating diamonds form the star.   There are variations of it with six points, eight points (the most common design), or even more.   Intermediate to advanced skills were needed to make these hand-pieced stars, which were either appliquéd onto a background, or pieced into one. 

 This is a pattern known by many names.  The Mathematical Star was an early name used in England and along the Eastern U.S. seaboard.  The Star of Bethlehem is a well-known name for it all around the country and is still used today.  Other names for this pattern are Star of the East and Morning Star. The Lone Star name was given by Texan quilters.   There are yet other names for smaller variations of this pattern. 

 The model from which this particular block was copied was quilted by Mrs. Mattie Gray using colorful feedsacks for the small diamond-shaped pieces.  Mrs. Gray’s granddaughter, the current owner of Lone Star Farm, has fond childhood memories of staying overnight at her grandmother’s and sleeping under the colorful quilt.  She has loved the quilt for as long as she can remember.   After her grandmother died, the quilt was given to her by her grandfather. 

 Lone Star farm was originally known as the Walker Hashbarger farm.  Mr. Hashbarger was a mule trader.  He and his wife had no children and sold the farm.  Clyde and Ruth Reed bought it in 1974.  The barn is known to be at least 100 years old.