CFR1235
View Application:
Original Owner:
Clay & Susanna Belshe
Year of Property Acquisition:
1916
Award Type:
Century Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Homestead Information:
Homestead grants 11/24/1915 and 5/1/1916
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T2S R18E Sections 18 and 19
County:
Sherman
Name of farm or ranch:
Belshe Ranch
Address physical location:
97200 Why 206 Moro OR 97039
GPS location:
N45 23.509 W120 36.638
Distance from nearest town:
8 miles
Nearest town name:
Moro OR
Who farms or ranches today:
Martin Belshe and his wife Molly
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
First house built in 1920; destroyed by fire; stone cellar near where the house stood is still in very good condition. New buildings and grain bins have been added over the years
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Hay and pasture for work horses, wheat, and cow/calf operation
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Wheat and Barley
National register property:
No
Date of application:
2017-04-13 00:00:00
Date of award:
2017
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great Grandson
Origin of original owners:
Missouri
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Original Acreage:
320.0acres
Current Acreage:
6,250.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
6250