SFR0029

View Application: 

Download Application (PDF)

Original Owner: 
Flint, Benjamin Talbot
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1865
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
Yes
Dlc num and registration location: 
Humphrey Donation Land Claim
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
Yes
Please explain: 
Deeds
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters: 
T2S R2W S2
County: 
Washington
Name of farm or ranch: 
Mid Valley Farm
Address physical location: 
21640 SW Scholls Ferry Rd. Beaverton OR 97007
Distance from nearest town: 
10 miles
Nearest town name: 
Beaverton
Who farms or ranches today: 
Flint, Harlan Arthur; Boswell, Jeffery Eugene
Original buildings still in use: 
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
First house built in 1870, used for storage today, Waldo and son Harlan added tin roof/siding to preserve structure. Lean to wood storage area added by Harlan. Long barn was built by BT Flint in 1847; granaries were built in 1880 by BT Flint; Big Barn added in 1909 by BT and AB Flint; machine shed & milk house 1940 by Waldo Flint; Fruit house in 1956 by Waldo.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Chestnuts; Fruits; Grain; Hay; Vegetables; Walnuts; Beef cattle; Dairy cattle; Pigs; Sheep
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Apple Rootstock; Chestnuts; Walnuts
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
N/A
Date of application: 
2015-03-09 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2015
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Original century farm application; Newspaper articles; Excerpt from "The Centennial History of Oregon"; Farm name registration; Tax record; Federal census records; Plat map; Copy of original hand drawn map of property; Copy of Donation Land Claim certificate; Deed records; Maps; Copies of photographs
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
great grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Massachusetts
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
3
Original Acreage: 
550.0acres
Current Acreage: 
240.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
200