| 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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| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0394 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Flickinger, Henry | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC of Andrew Chamberlain and wife | No | No |
T 9 & 10 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Polk | Henery, Yvonne A.; Henery, Donald | No | Grain, stock | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Biographical account of Henry Flickinger. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Pennsylvania to California | German | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFR1002 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Good, John Porter | Good Ranch | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 2 N R 40 E, W.M., containing160 acres. |
Union | Good, Richard I. | No | no | Oats, wheat, barley, sheep,... | Barley, hay, beef cattle. | No |
Chain of ownership: John Porter Good to Howard C. Good (son) to Richard Good & his brother to Richard Good. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Obituaries; Homestead certificate; Typewritten letter; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR0745 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, Frederick L. | 1861 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Gray, Hubert | No | House and barn built c.1861. | Hogs, cattle, oats, wheat. | Cattle, sheep, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 42 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0881 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rynearson, William & John | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the W 1/2 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 38 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Union | Rynearson, G. W. | No | Original house still in use,... | Barley, wheat, oats, hogs,... | Wheat, barley, alfalfa,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 21 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 6 times. Indians, led by Black Hawk, spent summers on the property. 1st road built by Union Co. divided the Ryearson land. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Last will and testament; Newspaper article; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0693 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Alpheus | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 21-28 T 22 R 8 |
Douglas | Renter | No | House and granary. | Wheat, oats, hay, sheep, hogs... | Cattle. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 118 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 4 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Pennsylvania | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR0080 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, David C. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas |
7 miles South East of Canby |
Morris, James H.; Morris, Mary W. | No | no | cattle, sheep, wheat, oats,... | grass for pasture and hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 39.27 acres in present farm. David Morris bought 320 acres from Louis & Johanna Behrens on May 16, 1864. The Behrens homesteaded in 1857. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0366 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stauffer Sr., John | Stauffer Farms Inc. | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
2 1/2 miles North of Hubbard. |
No | UPDATE: house & barn... | Hops; Filberts. | Yes |
320 acres in original farm. 150 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons | Pennsylvania | 3 | |||||||||||
| 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 |
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