CFR1196
View Application:
Original Owner:
Smith,Alex
Year of Property Acquisition:
1913
Award Type:
Century Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Deeds
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
W1/2 W 1/2 S8 T12S R 44EWM
County:
Baker
Name of farm or ranch:
Smith Family Homestead
Address physical location:
31479 Plano Road Durkee OR 97905
Distance from nearest town:
25 miles
Nearest town name:
Baker City
Who farms or ranches today:
Bunch, Rodd D.; Buchannan, Cheryl A.; Bunch, Susan K.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
First house in 1910, still partially standing. No one has lived in house since 1956. First barn in 1910, partially still standing. Grainery and Cellar were built in 1910, one wing of barn still standing with corral system being modified from pole run, and old wooden chute to metal run way with cement floor.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Grain; Hay; Cattle
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Cattle
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Susan K.
Date of application:
2013-04-26 00:00:00
Date of award:
2013
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great Grandchildren
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
3
Original Acreage:
160.0acres
Current Acreage:
8,238.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
8238