| 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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| CFR0845 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alley, John Marshall | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook |
40500 Hwy 53 Nehalem, OR |
Knight, Franklin E. | No | None of the original... | Cattle (dairy and beef) | Cattle (beef) | No |
The original farm has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Napa, California | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0133 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dunn, Patrick | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim No. 56 | No | No |
T 39 R 1 E Section 13 and 24 |
Jackson |
4.5 miles SE of Ashland, Oregon. Located at 4224 Hgy. 66 Ashland Ave. |
Dunn, George Edwin | No | At time of application: Grain... | No |
"My grandfather patrick Dunn took donation land claim. I think No. 56 in 1852. My father purchased land from him and still owns it. He retired from farm in 1920 and I have leased it and operated since then." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFR0789 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lichty, Nicholas | Nicholas Lichty Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
4 miles West of Silverton |
Steffen, Wayne A.; Steffen, Randy; Steffen, Richard | No | no | Wheat, oats, poultry, fruit,... | Strawberries, timber,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Chart of ownership; Family tree; Deeds, chain of ownership; Typewritten letters; Swiss family tree for Rosina Liechti. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and great great grandson | Switzerland to Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0062 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cummings, Martin | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
4 miles West of Halsey. |
Herndon, Tommy R. | No | no | Oats; Vetch; Wheat; Cattle,... | Grass seed | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications from 1985 and 1990; Typewritten and handwritten correspondence (including letter indicating that records and family farm history were sent to OHS in 1985), 1985-1990; Photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Oregon | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0320 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Miller, George B. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Charles Stewart |
Marion |
4 miles W of Gervais. |
Miller, B. J. J.; Miller, Nora | No | Brush, Timber | Crop land, Diversified... | No |
Applicant currently owns 96 acres of the original 786 acres property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement;1959 state fair celebration registration form; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | crossed the plains in 1852 | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0675 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cahill, Thomas | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clatsop |
4 miles W of Birkenfeld |
Nordstrom, Francis | No | no | Hay, cows, pigs, chickens,... | Hay, beef cows. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 80 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Deed; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letters; Obituary. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sligal, Ireland | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0644 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Guttridge, Christopher Henney | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
4 miles SW of Estacada, 1/4 mile S of Springwater Store, Church & Grange. |
Guttridge, Joseph Z. | No | Barn on the property when he... | Grain, cattle, geese, prunes... | Chewings fescue for seed,... | No |
161 acres in original property. 60 acres in present farm. The farm was divided 3 times. Founder built a prune drier & packed & sold prunes to hotels in Portland. 2001, Joe & Wilma own 40 acres, 5 sons jointly own 20 ac. See file for more info. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | Scotland or England | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0814 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peck, Clinton North | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow |
4 miles SW Lexington, Oregon on Clarks Canyon Road |
Peck, C. Kenneth; Peck, Lucile | No | no | Wheat, rye, beef cattle, hogs... | Wheat, barley, alfalfa,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Article. See "Stories of Century Farm Families in Morrow County" packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0508 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Conner, Nathan & Elizabeth Buell Conner | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
4 miles SE of Sheridan in both Polk & Yamhill County on Ballston & Sheridan Road. |
Smith, Robert C.; Smith, Goldia A. | No | Second Conner home built in... | No |
640 acres in original farm divided into 6 "home" farms. Nathan & Elizabeth Conner to N. M. (son) & Clara B. Conner to N. E. Conner (grandson) to Robert C. Smith (great grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0218 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hawley, Ira | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
4 miles SE of Halsey on the "Twin Butte" Road |
No | No |
Land deeded to Lena McFarland in 1892 when she was 12 years old. More land was purchased in 1866. Current deed under the name Lena S. Veatch, who remarried and is now Lena S. McFarland. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Handwritten and typewritten letters; Notarized ownership document. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |
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