CFR1195

Original Owner: 
Benjamin Schuster Kerns
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1899
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
Yes
Please explain: 
Deed
County: 
Klamath
Name of farm or ranch: 
Kerns Ranches
Address physical location: 
9350 Hwy 66, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Distance from nearest town: 
7
Nearest town name: 
Klamath Falls
Who farms or ranches today: 
E.G. Kerns Ranches LLC
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Cattle and grass hay
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Cattle, alfalfa hay, grass hay, oats, wheats, barley.
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Earl Martin
Please describe attachments: 
Family history, photos, legal documents
Genealogical information included: 
No
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
great, great grandson
Origin of original owners: 
New Jersey
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
2
Original Acreage: 
4,000.0acres
Current Acreage: 
1,800.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
1,800 original, 300 Ft Klamath and 3,000 in CA