| 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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| CFR1167 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Werth, Frederick Johan August | 1909 | 630.00 | 100.00 | 90 | Yes | No | No |
T 6S, R 7W, S 8 |
Polk |
1/4 mile north on Hwy 22 of the intersection of Hwys 18/22 at Valley Junction. |
7 Miles | Willaminia | Werth, Dennis R.; Werth, Elmer M. | No | Cereal grains; Hay; Timber;... | Cereal grains; Grass seed;... | No | Monday, May 24, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Land claim map; Topographic map of property; Warranty deed; Mortgage documents; Property boundary maps; List of photographs; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson & Great-grandson | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0395 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Read, Hankerson & Jane Read | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 4971, Claim # 63 | No | No | Polk & Yamhill |
North Line of Polk County and South Line of Yamhill County |
No | Original homestead site. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 60 acres of original farm in present farm. Chain of ownership: Hankerson & Jane Read to Malinda Ann (daughter) & James Syron to Minnie Pearl Syron (granddaughter) & Alfred Hill to Glenn Hill (greatgrandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| CFR1085 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kraft, Henry | 1904 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 4S, R 1E, S 2 |
Clackamas | Kraft, Darin Henry | No | Potatoes; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 2005 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Application guidelines; Farm history; Photographs; Plot map; Deeds. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0311 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Fielding and Martha | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 4 in T 5 S R 1 W |
Marion |
One mile S. of Hubbard, Oregon. |
Jones, Grant | No | No |
Original property was 486 acres. The applicant owns 6.25 acres of this original claim. Of the original claim, 120 acres was passed down to Samuel R. Thurston jones (father of the applicant). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | pioneers of 1847 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0663 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, Andrew | Butte Creek Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Farm located at: 7001 Monte Cristo, Woodburn |
Anderson, Robert A. | No | no | Hay, dairy cattle. | Peas, cauliflower, grain. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership: Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Norway | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0221 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Montgomery, William G. & Mary L. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 2671 | No | No |
Sec 35 T 9 S R 1 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Linn | Montgomery, Darrel C. | No | No |
Darrel Montgomery owns 170 acres of the original DLC. His sister, Maysel Montgomery Lyons owns 150 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0582 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wolfe, Captain Gideon | Wolfe Farm Inc. | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Wolfe, Stephen | No | At time of application: Grain... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Statement form; Plot map; Deeds; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0921 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vanderzanden, John | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Joseph Huber |
Washington | Vanderzanden, Aloysius R. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Grain, Strawberries (... | Blackcap raspberries, Grain | No |
Of the original 140 acres, 60 acres was sold to John's daughter and son-in-law. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Dupere, Wisconsin | Holland | 2 |
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