CFR1031
View Application:
Original Owner:
Walter, Julius & Caroline Walter
Year of Property Acquisition:
1890
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Purchased from M. J. Wirtz
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
Sec 1 T 1 N R 3 W
County:
Washington
Address physical location:
30585 NW Old West Union Road. At eastern edge of North Plains.
Who farms or ranches today:
Walter, Donald C.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
House, barn, blacksmith shop.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Hay, grain, horses, cattle, sheep.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Wheat, Timothy hay.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Donald
Date of application:
2000-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
2001
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OHSField Services File
Applicants relationship to original owners:
great grandson
Origin of original owners:
Germany to Texas to Salem, Oregon
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Notes and comments property:
Chain of ownership: Julius Walter 1890 to 1895; Charles Walter (son) to 1910; farmed, but not owned, by Edward Walter (grandson) & Albert (Bert) Walter (grandson) to 1967; Bert Walter & Donald Walter (son of Edward) to 1977; Donald Walter to date.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0