SFR0032
View Application:
Original Owner:
Smith, William DeLaFletcher
Year of Property Acquisition:
1865
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Deed records
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T25S R12W S26
County:
Coos
Name of farm or ranch:
George W. Smith Ranch
Address physical location:
96614 S Coos River Ln. Coos Bay, OR 97420
GPS location:
43 deg22'32.5" W124deg05'59.8"
Distance from nearest town:
5 miles
Nearest town name:
Coos Bay, OR
Who farms or ranches today:
Smith, George William; Smith, Alicia L.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
First house built in 1864, not in use today, built on lower bench for gravity from spring for water. Chicken house/potato shed were built soon after behind house in 1865. Current home built in 1951 further up from original, garage added later. New garage and woodshed built in 1965 first garage demolished by snow pack. First barn built approx. 1864, exact date unknown. Quonset style barn built in 1951 in same footprint of original, repairs, new roof in 1992, current roof in 2002. Shop/blacksmith shop and bull pen in 1951. heifer shed in 1950; Quonset style machine shed in 1950; Feed barn in 1988; New equipment by barn in 1992, mini ranch purchased with house.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Apples; Cherries; Corn; Crab apples; Peaches; Pears; Plums; Potatoes; Quince; Timber; Dairy cattle; Donkeys; Fish; Hogs; Sheep
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Hay; Timber; Cattle
National register property:
No
Date of application:
2015-04-11 00:00:00
Date of award:
2015
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great grandson
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Original Acreage:
95.4acres
Current Acreage:
286.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
309.32