| 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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| CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 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 | ||||||||
| CFR1134 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bartels, Otto F. | Noble Knoll Tree Farm | 1909 | 40.00 | 80.00 | 33 | No | No | No |
T 7S, R 1E, S 34 |
Marion |
964 Loar Rd SE, Silverton. End of the road off Hwy 214. |
10 miles | Silverton | Bartels, Larry W. | No | Original residence (c.1909)... | Christmas trees; Fruit trees... | Christmas trees | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of abstract of title; Plat map; Warranty Deed; Hand drawn map of property; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Otto Bartels | Germany | German | 2 | ||||||
| CFR0481 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brutscher, Mary Everest & Sebastian Brutscher | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
1 mile E of Newberg on Portland Road |
Gumm, R. Kenneth | No | Fruit, nuts. | No |
40 acres in present farm. Founder had first post office in Newberg & named town after Neuberg, Germany. Chain of ownership: Sebastian Brutscher 1850 to 1895; Laura Brutscher Gumm (daughter) to 1958; R. Kenneth Gumm to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | German | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR1106 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bruck, John J. | 1906 | 80.00 | 41.00 | 40 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased DLC (Evans) in 1906 |
T 3 South, R 1 E, S 17 |
Clackamas |
29250 SW Bruck Lane, Wilsonville, OR 97070 |
3 miles | Wilsonville | Bruck, Vernon | Yes | Small shed (c1906) | Fruit; Grapes; Nuts; Livestock | Chestnuts; Filberts; Nursery... | No | Saturday, April 1, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten narrative of family history; Copy of property lots; Copy of Bruck wine label; Copy of deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson of John J. Bruck | Sieberg, Germany via New York and Louisville, Kentucky | German | 2 | ||||||
| CFR1180 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hiebenthal, August; Hiebenthal, Frieda | Hiebenthal Farms | 1912 | 296.00 | 105.00 | 105 | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
T 6, R 5, S 33 |
Polk |
4355 Perrydale Road, Dallas, OR 97338 |
N4500.376 W12317911 | 6 | Dallas | Hiebenthal, David L., Jr.; Hiebenthal, Kari F.; Hiebenthal, Joseph; Hiebenthal, Joshua | No | Cherries; Hay; Prunes; Timber... | Cherries; Hay; Prunes; Timber... | No | Monday, May 7, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed records; Aerial photograph; Copies of photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grand children | German | German | 2 | |||||
| CFR1215 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Falk, Charles L. | Charles Ludwig Falk Farm | 1903 | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
T14S R03W Section 0800 |
Linn |
26800 Falk Rd. Halsey OR 97348 |
2 miles | Halsey, OR | Falk, Aart L.; Falk, Charlene R. | Yes | First house is no longer... | Corn; Cattle; Dairy cattle;... | Grass seed; Beef cattle; Lambs | No | Friday, May 1, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Farm history narrative; Timeline of property ownership; Map of property; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Prussia Germany to Wisconsin, then to Oregon | German | ||||||
| CFR0724 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lage, Hans | Lage Orchards, Inc. | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Hood River | Lage, E. Riddell | No | no | Small cleared area used for... | Apples, pears, cherries. | No |
163 1/2 acres in original farm. 284 1/2 acres in present farm. Farm divided 7 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deed; Newspaper article; Family sketch entitled "Tears and Cheer of Pioneers"; Excerpt from "History of the Columbia River Valley." Two histories of the Hans Lage family and picture of Hans Lage. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany via Iowa | German | 3 | |||||||||
| CFR1117 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Unger, Frank | Frank Unger Farm | 1906 | 160.00 | 80.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S, R 3 W, S 26 |
Washington |
5 miles south ; 2 miles west of Hillsboro |
2 miles | Hillsboro | Unger, Stephen M. | No | Log house (1941) (occupied by... | Nursery stock; Potatoes; Seed... | Grain; Seed crops | No | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deeds; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Des Moines, Iowa; North Dakota | 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 |
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