CFR0099

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Original Owner: 
Slayton, Samuel Ransom
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1869
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
Yes
Please explain: 
Land grant. Sec 34 T 14 S R 16 E WM
County: 
Crook
Who farms or ranches today: 
Graffenberger, Mabel Slayton
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Original property had a log house, barn, fences. windmill, two cisterns. Second house built in 1875 and in use until 1952. Two mulberry trees & one lilac original to farm. Box elders along lane remain a local landmark.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Livestock, cattle, horses, hay grain, garden, orchard with a variety of fruit trees, alfalfa.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Cattle, hay, grain, potatoes
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Mabel
Date of application: 
1969-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award: 
1970
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Typewritten letters; Certification of ownership; Claimant testimony; Copy of land claim document; Newspaper article.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
granddaughter
Origin of original owners: 
S. Woodstock, Vermont via Western Oregon
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Notes and comments property: 
160 acres in original farm. 431 acres in present farm.
Original Acreage: 
0.0acres
Current Acreage: 
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0