| Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County | Address physical location | GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property |
National register name |
Notes and comments property | Date of application | Date of award | Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file | Application location | Applicants relationship to original owners | Origin of original owners | Ethnic origin of original owners | How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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| CFR0350 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, James | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0488 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Everest, Richard | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
E of Newberg |
Jones, Elva O. | No | At time of application:... | No |
10 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Richard Everest to Ruben Everest (son) to Laura Everest Green (granddaughter) to Emery A. Jones (her nephew) to Elva O. Jones his wife. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0620 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coon, Alice Heller Cannon | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Cannon, Arthur; Cannon, Nancy | No | At time of application:... | No |
Applications also filed for farms of George Meteer Cannon (1888) and Samuel L. Coon (1898). These farms have all been included in this one application. See the applications for more information on these farms. |
Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Applications; Statement forms; Handwritten letter; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Homestead certificates; Photocopy of photo; Plot maps; Homestead proof. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0750 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Deming, Franklin Fayette | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from M.W. Cassidy |
Lane |
2 miles North of Elmira on Deming Road |
No | None of the original... | Cattle, Horses | Hay, Sheep, Ponies | No |
The property has been divided three times by my husband and I. |
Saturday, November 10, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Reunion notice; Deed; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand-daughter | Polk County, Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0751 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benninger, William James and Ida Florence | Benninger Farm | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
All of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 35 T 15 S R 7 W, containing 80 acres. |
Lane | Norman May family; Benninger Farm Corporation | No | Destroyed by fire. | Timber, hay, fruit trees,... | Polled Herefords, hay, garden... | No |
Railroad land. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Note; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Benninger family history; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Travis City, Michigan | 4 | |||||||||
| CFR0880 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, John S. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Union |
5 miles west of North Powder |
Renter | No | Many original split rail... | Hay, grain, horses, mules,... | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1300 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt from "Union and Wallowa Counties"; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Midland, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR1141 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Knox, Mary Ellen and Arthur | 1900 | 141.00 | 160.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T S1, R 4W, S 16 |
Washington |
50519 S.W. Scoggins Valley Rd, Gaston, OR 97119 |
4.5 miles | Gaston | No | Hay; Oats; Turnips; Beef... | Timber | No | Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 2009 |
Handwritten family history narrative; Deed records; Tax lot map; Copy of aerial photo; Warranty deed; Crop boundary map; Land purchase contract; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Daughter of Fred & Clara Knox; granddaughter of Mary Ellen and Arthur Knox. Other legal owners are Doris' daughters - Karen Sue Childers and Carol Ellen Childers. | Buxton-Manning area (homesteaded in 1888. | N/A | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR1231 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Yasukichi Iwasaki | Iwasaki Bros. Inc. | 1917 | 46.55 | 47.55 | 45.55 | No | No | No |
T1S R2W S8 |
Washington |
2555 SE Minter Bridge Rd. Hillsboro OR 97123 |
Lat 45.5009261 Lon 122.96514580000001 | 1 mile | Hillsboro OR | Iwasaki Bros. Inc. Jim Iwasaki | No | Not known when first home... | Dairy into the late 1920... | Bedding plants and beef cattle | No | Monday, May 1, 2017 | 2017 |
CD of images; family narrative; Japanese Americans book excerpt |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | Japan | Japanese | 1 | |||||
| CFR0039 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, Andrew | 1860 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Rickard, Glen; Rickard, Ellie; Renter | No | Old house used as shed. | Common Vetch; Oats; Wheat;... | Beets; Squash; Horses; Pigs;... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 48.2 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 |
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