CFR0606
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Original Owner:
Amacher, Fred and Ernest F. Ricco, Sr.
Year of Property Acquisition:
1897
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
See land deeds.
County:
Grant
Name of farm or ranch:
Ricco Ranches
Address physical location:
Approx. 4 miles NE of Prairie City, Oregon.
Who farms or ranches today:
Voigt, Pat; Voigt, Hedy
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Old blacksmith shop.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley, garden produce, eggs, milk, barley.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Dorothy, Hedy
Date of application:
1997-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1998
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
No
Application location:
MISSING APPLICATION
Applicants relationship to original owners:
granddaughter & grandson-in-law
Origin of original owners:
Portland, Oregon
Ethnic origin of original owners:
Austrian
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
3
Notes and comments property:
"In 1897 Fred Amancher acquired a homestead a few miles N of Prarie City. He convinced his sister and brother-in-law, Ernest R ico, in 1898, to come and partner up with him on the ranch. After two years or so Fred had had enough and left the country." (1)
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0