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Archive Home > 2007 > September > 21 > This rancher and his farm earn a distinction – by staying home

This rancher and his farm earn a distinction – by staying home

The Reads’ is the last ‘Century Farm’ in Central Oregon

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
September 21, 2007

CULVER — Herschel Read climbed the narrow steps to the second floor of his home and pointed to the room where he was born almost a century ago. If the 95-year-old man has his way, one day he will be buried on this land, too, right between the two pine trees, where an eagle nests each....

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