| 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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| CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 | ||||||
| CFR0744 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Corum, Samuel G. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | pre-emption filing #3094 | No | Lake | Iverson, Lawrence; Iverson, Marjorie Corum | No | None of the original... | Oats, Rye, Horses, Cattle,... | Wild Hay, Alfalfa, Cattle | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Non-mineral affidavit; Homestead records; Desert Land Act records; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter and grandson-in-law | Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0841 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Charles W. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Sherman |
5 miles East of Moro on Monkland Road |
Thompson, Ronald D. | No | Barn. | Wheat, hay, cattle. | Wheat, barley. | No |
Owners of the Monkland farm: Donald D. Thompson 1/2; Norma Cushing 1/6; Lois Murphy 1/6; Priscilla Wilson 1/6. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family genealogy; Photocopies of photographs (photo of Monkland, 1893, photo of C.W. Thompson & Family, 1893); Deeds; Homestead certificates. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0713 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinney, James Madison and Polly Elmira McKinney | James Madison McKmney & Polly Elmira Mckmney Farm | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Sec 2 T 2 N R 19 E | No | Gilliam |
West of Blalock Canyon |
Anderson, Don E.; Anderson, Patricia A. | No | House built in 1913 (original... | Cattle, sheep. Wash McKinney... | Wheat, barley, commercial... | No |
Trees from the "Timber Culture" application (see attachment) in SE 1/4 of Sec 2 still stand along the edge of the wheat fields. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
2 page history of farm ownership; Wills; Application; Statement form; Homestead receipt; Typewritten letters; Timber culture application; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Mitchell County, North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0097 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mast, William P. | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | SW 1/4 of Sec 1 T 28 S R 12 W, W.M. | No | Coos | Mast, Hollis | No | no | Cattle, horses, hogs,... | Dairy cattle, pasture, hay... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 1200 acres in present farm. 80 acres of original part of current property. See CFR0098 for information regarding the other 80 acres. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Map of homestead; Application; Short narrative about William P. Mast in "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties"; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0922 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | Dixie Mountain Christmas Trees; Logan's Dixie Mountain Tree Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 3420 | No | Washington | Logan, Donald J.; Logan, Elaine | No | None of the original... | Cattle | Hay, Timber, Christmas trees | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Centerville, Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0939 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Eischen, Mathias | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | T 1 S R 3 W Sec 29 | No | Washington |
6 miles south of Cornelius Road |
Eischen, Dave | No | House and barn. | Oats, potatoes, hay, wheat. | Orchard, cherries, prunes. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed from Oregon & California Railroad Company. Letter re Ludwig Holtz & Mathias Eischen claim dispute. Letter & receipts from the Oregon & California Railroad Company. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Belgium | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1184 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Balin, Mary | Balin Ranch | 1910 | 100.00 | 800.00 | 800 | No | Yes | No |
40S Range 09E, WM Section 13 |
Klamath |
13600 Homedale Road
Klamath Falls, OR 97603 |
42*06'N43.06'W | 10 | Klamath Falls | Balin Family | No | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | No |
Note Hal Balin passed away before the awards ceremony on 9/1/12. |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Organic beef label; Aerial photograph; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Son | Kansas | 3 | ||||||
| CFR0429 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hindman, William B. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Union |
8 1/2 miles SE of Elgin |
Hindman, Billy | No | no | Cattle, hay. | Cattle, wheat, hay, oats. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 8000 acres in present farm. Chief Joseph and his tribe camped on the land and dug camas. "Grandad and Chief Joseph were the best of friends." |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 2 |
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