SFR0053
Original Owner:
Albert Wright
Year of Property Acquisition:
1873
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Deed record
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T3S and 4S R25E S36
County:
Morrow
Name of farm or ranch:
Midway Ranches
Address physical location:
57560 Wright Drive Heppner OR 97836
GPS location:
45.15' 26"N 119 degrees 39' 40" W
Distance from nearest town:
12 miles
Nearest town name:
Heppner
Who farms or ranches today:
Gerald and Dianna Wright Hoeft
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
1873 home is now the Family museum. 1934 sheep shed added tin room and siding over time; 1945 Cellar buitl 1964 Shop was built
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Hay sheep, horses
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Alfalfa hay, pasture, cattle different types of hays raised over the different decades.
National register property:
No
Date of application:
2023-03-03 00:00:00
Date of award:
2023
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great Great Granddaughter
Origin of original owners:
Indiana
Ethnic origin of original owners:
not given
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Original Acreage:
120.0acres
Current Acreage:
6,000.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
6000