CFR1206

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Harmon, Oscar Lafayette
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1910
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
Yes
Homestead Information: 
Lyman Chapman Cert #1809 8/24/1895
Other: 
Yes
Please explain: 
Deeds of Sale through years
County: 
Wallowa
Name of farm or ranch: 
Harmon Farm
Address physical location: 
82293 School Flat Rd. Wallowa OR 97885
GPS location: 
Latitude 45.535278 Longitude 117.334955
Distance from nearest town: 
8 miles
Nearest town name: 
Enterprise, OR
Who farms or ranches today: 
Bacon, Lois A.
Original buildings still in use: 
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
First house in 1894, later second house moved onto property added to first house, has been added onto and improved over the years, 1956 wired for electricity, 1987 deep water well drilled; Current barn was built in 1928 pre fab. 1960's machine/shed shop was built; another shop built in 2013
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Barley; Hay; Oats; Potatoes; Wheat; Beef cattle; Chickens; Dairy cattle; Hogs
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Conservation; Hay; Cattle
National register property: 
No
Date of application: 
2014-04-16 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2014
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Timeline of property ownership; Map of property; Deed records; Plat map; Property ownership records; Copies of photographs
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
great grandchild
Origin of original owners: 
Iowa
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Original Acreage: 
320.0acres
Current Acreage: 
498.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
298