Names and Faces: Bobby Kurten

Bobby Kurten has deep roots in the Brazos Valley and an absolute passion for agriculture.

But if you don’t know him personally you probably at least recognize his last name.

“The city of Kurten is named for my family,” Kurten said. “Everybody says it’s named for me, and I say no it was named before me. My great granddaddy came over here from Germany in 1850.”

And it was all those years ago that the Kurten family began it’s legacy of agriculture in the Brazos Valley.