Two ranches in Sherman County will be honored as Century Ranches during a ceremony at the Oregon State Fair on Saturday.  The Belshe Ranch and the Kee/Crofoot Ranch are both receiving the designation.  The Belshe Ranch was founded in 1916 by Susanna Belshe and her son Clay on 800 acres, providing hay and pasture for work horses, and growing to the point where today the ranch consists of several thousand acres raising wheat and barley and for many years included a cow and calf operation.  It is currently operated by Clay’s great-grandson Martin James Belshe.  The Kee/Crofoot Ranch was founded on 320 acres Frank and Iva Kee to raise cattle and soft white wheat, the same as it does today.  The Kee’s sold the ranch to their son Eben Kee and his wife Edna Crofoot Kee, and it is now operated by their nephew Dell Squire.  Award winners receive a certificate signed by the Governor and Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.  Historic roadside signs are imprinted with the founder’s name and the year the ranch or farm was established.