SFR0054
Original Owner:
John & Lucy Loosley
Year of Property Acquisition:
1873
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Ranch
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
Yes
Homestead Information:
Homestead Certificate 1873
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
There are multiple articles included with this application that support 1872 or 1873; decided on 1873
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
Not given
County:
Klamath
Name of farm or ranch:
Loosley Rach
Address physical location:
8181 Loosley Rd. Fort Klamath OR 97626
Distance from nearest town:
3 miles
Nearest town name:
Fort Klamath
Who farms or ranches today:
Randall & Jeanie Kizer
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
1871 the first house was built; replaced in 1926 with logs cut and milled from property. Material from original Barn, granary, and chicken coop were built around 1900.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Beef cattle, dairy cattle, hay
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Continued to run dairy until 1945; clover and clover seed, hay and eventually to beef cattle currently
National register property:
No
Date of application:
2023-04-10 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 Grandson
Origin of original owners:
Willamette Valley
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Original Acreage:
160.0acres
Current Acreage:
245.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
240