CFR0697
View Application:
Original Owner:
Davlin, James
Year of Property Acquisition:
1867
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
Yes
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
Sec 19 & 20 T 28 S R 6 W, W.M.
County:
Douglas
Name of farm or ranch:
Nichols Bros. Ranch
Who farms or ranches today:
Nichols, J. Harold; Nichols, Cyril H.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Yes.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Wheat, oats, barley, corn, sheep, cattle, hogs, turkeys, chickens.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Beef cattle, hay.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Richard
Date of application:
1975-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1976
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandsons
Origin of original owners:
Illinois
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
4
Notes and comments property:
640 acres in original farm. 800 acres in present farm. Edmond Gage house used during Cow Creek Indian uprising. 4 horse stage stop until 1910. Brockway Postoffice on farm 1893-1956.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0