SFR0014

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Original Owner: 
Heater, Lorenzo Dow
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1852
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
Yes
Dlc num and registration location: 
DLC# (?)
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters: 
T 8S, R 1E, S 8
County: 
Marion
Name of farm or ranch: 
Silver Mountain Enterprises, LLC
Address physical location: 
4672 Drift Creek Rd. SE, Sublimity. Farm is located on the south end of Drift Creek Rd, 1/4 miles north of Hwy 214
Distance from nearest town: 
7 miles
Nearest town name: 
Sublimity
Who farms or ranches today: 
Heater, James M.
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Grains; Hay; Hops; Cattle; Sheep
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Christmas trees; Grains; Grass seed; Hay; Seedlings
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
James
Date of application: 
2007-10-05 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2008
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Letter; Family history narrative; Obituaries; Copies of photographs; Silver Mountain Nursery brochure; Christmas tree marketing materials; Article from "Farm Woman News"; Article from "Digger" publication; Article from "Christmas Tree Lookout"; Digital photographs
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great-great grandson of Lorenzo Dow (James) and great-great-great grandson (Timothy)
Origin of original owners: 
Henry County, Iowa
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
Bavarian
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
3
Original Acreage: 
320.0acres
Current Acreage: 
1,460.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0