SFR0055
Original Owner:
Hiram Benoni Lee
Year of Property Acquisition:
1871
Award Type:
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
Yes
Homestead Information:
1871; Century Award CFR0420 indicates 1873 should be corrected to 1871
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T5N R35E S22
County:
Umatilla
Name of farm or ranch:
Lee Family Farm
Address physical location:
81356 Lower Dry Creek Rd. Milton Freewater OR 97862
GPS location:
45 degrees 54' 11'N 188 degrees 24' 26W 381m
Distance from nearest town:
3 miles SW
Nearest town name:
Milton-Freewater OR
Who farms or ranches today:
John Dale Lee & Nathan Howard Lee
Original buildings still in use:
Yes
Building structures on property with date of construction:
1871 small cabin built; 1877 Mother's cabin; new home in 1878 still in use today. Thorough explanation in application of buildings.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Livestock cattle, sheep; dry land wheat production, barley, & hay
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Wheat barley hay on rotations, experimented with various seed crops, livestock, horses, chickens
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Nathan
Date of application:
2023-04-28 00:00:00
Date of award:
2023
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OSU
Applicants relationship to original owners:
Great Grandson
Origin of original owners:
Jackson Co. IL
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Original Acreage:
160.0acres
Current Acreage:
360.7
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
360