CFR0824
View Application:
Original Owner:
Powell, Franklin S.
Year of Property Acquisition:
1874
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
S 1/2 of the Benjamin Whitaker DLC # 65, Not. # 2272.
County:
Polk
Who farms or ranches today:
Powell, Wilmer D.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Unknown. Originally a salt well was located on the property with a trapper's trail running nearby.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Wheat, hay, oats, sheep, cattle, hogs, goats.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Wheat, barley, oats, hay, sheep, beef cattle, Appaloosa horses.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Wilmer
Date of application:
1973-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1974
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandson
Origin of original owners:
Linn County, Oregon
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Notes and comments property:
320 acres in original farm. 200 acres in present farm. Farm divided once.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0