SFR0008
View Application:
Original Owner:
McKay, James
Year of Property Acquisition:
1856
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T 4, R 2W, S 28
County:
Marion
Name of farm or ranch:
McKay Farms, Inc.
Address physical location:
19224 French Prairie Road, N.E.
Distance from nearest town:
2.5 miles
Nearest town name:
St.Paul
Who farms or ranches today:
McKay, Dean Arthur; McKay, Mark
Original buildings still in use:
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Grains; Hops
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Bush beans; Corn; Garlic seed; Grass seed; Nursery stock
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Dean Arthur and McKay Farms
Date of application:
2007-10-25 00:00:00
Date of award:
2008
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great-great grandson
Origin of original owners:
Illinois
Ethnic origin of original owners:
Irish-Scottish
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Original Acreage:
160.0acres
Current Acreage:
300.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0