Year of Property Acquisition:
Who farms or ranches today:
Merten, Maurice H.; Merten, Mary McKay
Original buildings still in use:
National register property:
Please describe attachments:
Handwritten letter; Notarized statement.
Applicants relationship to original owners:
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
Notes and comments property:
The applicant and her husband currently farm 142 acres of the original property. The first grist mill in Oregon was built and operated by James McKay on the property. The applicant has a piece of the original mill stone in the yard of her home.
Acreage farmed or ranched today: