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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CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0012 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, William H. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #40 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Greener, Irene Elliott | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0145 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, Henry R. | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Bradshaw, Merton | No | Hay; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Memo; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0293 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Benjamin and Sarah | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 2 T 7 R 1W |
Marion |
In the Waldo Hills area. |
Davenport, D. C. | No | Grass seed | No |
Current applicants owns 50 acres of original property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0425 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Halley, Benjamin | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
6 miles NE of La Grande |
Heyden, Henry M. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Yes. | Wild hay, horses (The wild... | Cattle, hay, grains. | No |
400 acres in original farm. 400 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0564 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, Margaret F. | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S R 9 W of W. M., containing 161.20 acres. |
Tillamook | Landis, Elizabeth B. | No | no | "When mother was married... | "Not much - I am 87.... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; List of deeds; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0565 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pratt, Ira C. | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 Sec 33 T 1 S R 45 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa |
7 1/2 miles E of Enterprise |
Pratt, Norman L. | No | Homestead kitchen area. | Beef and dairy cattle plus... | Alfalfa, barley, pasture. | No |
5 room frame house was on land when Ira C. Pratt filed claim. There was a stable and out buildings. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Homestead certificate. Final affidavit required of homestead claimants. Homestead proof-testimony of claimant. Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0695 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Martindale, Alston | Martindale Century Farm | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Bright, Harold | No | no | Cattle, horses, hogs, poultry... | Different hay crops, gardens... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 40 acres in present farm. Farm divided 6 times. Donated 1 acre for cemetary. Built fort agains Indian attacks. Ran stage station from home. Alston was postmaster for the Valley from 1879-1898. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switerland County, Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0824 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, Franklin S. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
S 1/2 of the Benjamin Whitaker DLC # 65, Not. # 2272. |
Polk | Powell, Wilmer D. | No | Unknown. Originally a salt... | Wheat, hay, oats, sheep,... | Wheat, barley, oats, hay,... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 200 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Linn County, Oregon | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0953 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wenger, Rudolph | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 3 and 4 of Sec 29 T 2 S R 3 W , W.M., containing 145.32 acres. |
Yamhill | Chapman, Norman; Chapman, Betty | No | House built in 1908-1912. | Hay, cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letters; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switzerland | 1 |