CFR0696
View Application:
Original Owner:
Gurney, Robert M. and Elizabeth
Year of Property Acquisition:
1853
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
County:
Douglas
Who farms or ranches today:
Lawrence, Stuart; Lawrence, Margaret
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Building erected in 1872 and used until 1975.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Cattle, oxen, wheat, oats, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, sheep. Had the first sawmill in Territory. Medicinal and ornamental flower garden. Fruit trees.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Oats, cattle.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Stuart; Margaret
Date of application:
1975-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1976
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
great great granddaughter.
Origin of original owners:
Ohio
Ethnic origin of original owners:
Robert was French/English; Elizabeth was Irish
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Notes and comments property:
320 acres in original farm. 148 acres in present farm.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0