From the publication "Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940" - Purebred Hampshire hogs of the herd of livestock farmer Ed S. Rennick (Edward Samuel Rennick) attracted nationwide attention in 1932 when Dike of Rosedale, winning the Midwest championship, was sold to 20th Century Fox Studios for the 1933 motion picture "State Fair." Named "Blue Boy" in the film, the hog starred with Will Rogers, who later presented him to the California Polytechnical School (Cal Poly). In 1938 and again in 1939, Gilbert Bolz, a Stanton County 4-H member, won the grand championship at the Nebraska State Fair with his calves.
