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 |
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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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CFR0398 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Clayebourne C.; Walker, Louisa | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 151, Claim # 821 | No | No |
Sec 24, 19, 20 T 6 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 636.89 acres. |
Polk |
near Zena |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Byron J. Purvine (grandnephew), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres and bought another 1/3 interest from his brother Walker R. Purvine. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandnephew | Virginia (C.C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0729 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, John W. | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC 62 | No | No |
Sec 32 & 33 T 36 S R 2 W, W.M. |
Jackson |
Near Willow Creek. |
Saltsgaver, Lola Iris | No | 5300 year old clay pits.... | Cows, grain, grass. | Corn, wheat, alfalfa. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 160 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Land deed. DLC map. Deed record. Typewritten letters (including letter from the Museum of Natural History, Eugene, OR. Application. Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | California | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belknap, Ransom A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
near the town of Monroe |
Belknap, Foster G. | No | House built in 1855 remains,... | No |
Part of the farm was sold during the years, but the 40 acres where the original home was placed is owned by applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
There is a letter by M. M. Belknap who supports his brother's claim to Century Farm status. Letter contains some family history information. Notarized ownership document; Letter from M. M. Belknap; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
Yes | No | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0454 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, William J. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
Near Progress, SW of Portland. |
Robinson, Chet; Robinson, Bill | No | Dairy cows | Dairy cows | No |
See CFR0455 for info on co-owner. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Newspaper article |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0996 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Trowbridge, Bradford Cornelius | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
160 acres filed under the Preemption Act |
Grant |
Near City of John Day, Oregon. |
Trowbridge, B. A. | No | 2 barns and 1 cellar. | Vegetables for sale to the... | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
6000 acres in farm at present. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters (including letter from Thomas Vaughan); Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California via Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0536 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Trullinger, Gabriel J. and Sarah E. | Friedrich/ Trullinger Farm | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Certificate # 3667, Notification # 1489 | No | No |
T 4 S R 2 E, containing 640 acres. |
Clackamas |
Mulino, Oregon |
Friedrich, Robert | No | no | unknown | Sheep, horses, dogs, pigs. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Donation Land Claim documents. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Henry County, Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0940 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Meek, Stephen A. D. and Joseph Lane Meek | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2 N R3W Sec 35, W.M. |
Washington |
Mountaindale Road, about 4 miles NW of North Plains, Washington Co. |
Zurcher, Ben; Zurcher, Marjorie (Meek) | No | no | Wheat | Christmas trees, sheep,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Abstract of Title. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Oregon Territory | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0404 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ridgeway, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 43 | No | No |
Sec 20, 21, 28, 29 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: John Ridgeway to William Ridgeway (son) and Mary E. Ridgeway (daughter); to Mary C. Stewart (daughter of William). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0805 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kenny, Michael and Mary | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Section 31 Twnship 15, R 28 E of Willamette Merdian |
Morrow |
Milk Canyon on easterly branch of Sand Hollow |
Healy, William J. | No | Windmill | Rye hay, Sheep, Clydesdale... | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The historic farm had over 100 head of Clydesdales. The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Carrigallen County, Leitrim, Ireland | Ireland | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0650 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Aden, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Midway between Stafford and Wilsonville |
Aden, Alton K.; Graves, Elva A. | No | yes | cleared in preparation for... | Small grains, hay, filberts. | No |
94 acres in original farm. 49.68 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 0 |