| 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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| CFR0833 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moore, Helen and John A. Moore | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 1 S R 17 E of W.M., containing 137 acres. |
Sherman |
Highway 97 |
Coelsch, Leo W.; Spencer, Sharon Coelsch | No | UPDATE: house built in 1882 (... | Wheat, livestock. | Wheat, livestock. | Yes | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications; Statement forms; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | California | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0040 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Horning, Frederick August | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Benton |
36 Street & Philomath Blvd. (adjoining Corvallis) |
Groves, William Frank | No | House built c.1859. Benton... | Grain (wheat, oats, barley,... | Prunes, apples, walnuts, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 70 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Obituary for Frederick August Horning. Section of newspaper article on Frank Groves. Letter of Guardianship appointing Fred P. Osborn as guardian for W. F. Groves. Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Prussia to Illinois to Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0590 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Offenbacher, Fred and Minnie Offenbacher | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from George and Hattie Neuber |
Jackson |
Property divided into three lots. |
Offenbacher, Carl Ray; Offenbacher, Richard | No | None of the original... | cattle, grain, hay | alfalfa hay | No |
land currently owned by brothers Carl Ray Offenbacher and Richard Offenbacher |
Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Included are copies of several property records, several tax statements, and a property map with the farm area outlined. Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Map. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
| CFR1168 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bierly, Mary S. | Bierly Farm | 1911 | 139.00 | 139.00 | 132 | Yes | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed |
T 14 S, R 3 W, S 28 |
Linn |
33155 Bond-Butte Dr., Harrisburg, OR 97446 |
8 Miles | Halsey | Wolff, Charley | No | Ryegrass; Chickens; Cows;... | Ryegrass | No | Friday, April 29, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Copy of photograph; Deeds; Historic documentation of farm; Family history narrative; List of photographs; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Nephew | Pennsylvania | 0 | |||||||
| CFR1110 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Freeman, Fred; Freeman, Margaret | Freeman Family Farm | 1906 | 200.00 | 30.33 | 20 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased 200 acres in 1906 for $5790.00 (Part of Henry Warren Westphal DLC) |
T 5S, R 5W, S 2 |
Yamhill |
12830 SW McCabe Chapel Rd., McMinnville, OR 97128 |
5 miles | McMinnville | McGhehey, John H.; McGhehey, Patricia L. | Yes | Original granary and carriage... | Barley; Clover; Oats; Vetch... | Grass seed; Wheat; Fir trees | No | Wednesday, March 1, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family narrative; Plat map; Color copies of photos; Warranty deeds; Abstract of title; Sale deed; Margaret Freeman will; Satisfaction of mortgage |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Granddaughter | Tasmania, Australia (Fred Freeman); Ireland via New Zealand (Jane Burns d.1891); married Jane's sister, Margaret (who immigrated from Ireland) in1893. | Australian (Fred); Jane (Ireland); Margaret (Ireland) | 1 | |||||
| CFR1028 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heller, Louis | Heller Homestead | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Sec 27 T 27 S R 11 W |
Coos | Heller, Russell; Heller, Debbie | No | Oats, wheat, hay, vegetables... | Beef, timber. | No |
Charles Heller (Louis Heller's son) brought suit againt the California Railroad for rights to the homestead. He & other settles won suit. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Legal testimony for Louis Heller; Notice of hearing for railroad contest; Typewritten letter; Photocopies of photographs (original homestead before 1900, water wheel, water wheel building, sawmill, threshing, house, barn built in 1920). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Los Angeles, California | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR1249 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Charlie Waterman | C & S Waterman Ranch LLC | 1917 | 160.00 | 2,791.00 | 1229 | No | No | No |
T30S R14 WWM S5 & 8 |
Coos |
South Four Mile Rd. Bandon OR 97411 |
8 miles | Bandon OR | Charlie and Sharon Waterman | No | Early 1900's first house... | Dairy cows, beef cattle,... | Beef cattle, sheep, hay and... | No | Monday, May 1, 2017 | 2017 |
App packet, pictures, CD |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR0526 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fryer, Alexander | 1863 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
1 1/2 miles South of Yamhill |
Zimmerman, George L. (Mrs.) | No | No | oats, Timothy hay, horses,... | wheat, oats, barley, clover | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Typewritten letter from the Dept. of Agriculture; Application; Certification of ownership; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri (South part) | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0437 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cooper, Robert | Cooper Family Orchards | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Wasco |
2 miles SE on the Dry Hollow Road |
No | The house, a barn and a... | First cattle, then horses (... | Mostly cherries, a few... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 255 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Scotland to Canada | Scotch | 3 | |||||||||
| CFR0785 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Simmons, Asa B. | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Simmons, Robert L.; Simmons, Nancy G. | No | None of the original... | Grain, Hay, Dairy cows | Wheat, Corn, Beans, Peas,... | No |
The property was divided four times, between the original heirs. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Family history timeline; Typewritten letter. Listing of the property history, along with family history; letter to CFR program regarding property. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | 2 |
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