CFR1240
View Application:
Original Owner:
William H. and Charles H. Colton
Year of Property Acquisition:
1917
Award Type:
Century Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T8 R40 EW S4/5
County:
Baker
Name of farm or ranch:
Charles M. Colton & Sons
Address physical location:
45887 Slough Rd. Baker City OR 97814
Distance from nearest town:
8 miles
Nearest town name:
Baker City OR
Who farms or ranches today:
Robert & Lorene Colton and son Michael Colton wife Kathy
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
1st house not known but burnt in fire in 1935; barn in 1928, shop in 1953; scales in 1960s
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Pasture, sheep for meat/wool, replacement ewes
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
grass hay cattle
National register property:
No
Date of application:
2017-04-29 00:00:00
Date of award:
2017
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Robert Great grandson, Michael great great grandson of William H.
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Original Acreage:
480.0acres
Current Acreage:
320.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
320