| 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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| CFR0555 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hill, Doc | The Hill Farm | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker |
Hwy 203 North Powder, OR |
Hill, Elmer | No | Granary, house partly burned... | Pasture, cattle, sheep. | Holstein heifers. | No |
Wife of Doc Hill (Mrs. M. F. Hill) remarried and became M. F. Wilcox . Her son was W. E. Hill. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds; Water rights contract. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | unknown | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0990 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, James Bruce | Flying O Cattle Co. Inc. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased property |
Baker |
hughway 26 E of John Day (9 Miles East of Unity) |
Baumeister, Everett and family | No | The original log house is... | Sheep, Horses, Cattle | Sheep, Cattle, Quarter horses... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Family history; Obituary; Real property record; Deeds; Family tree; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandfather | Montreal, Canada | Canada | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0885 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jasper, Merrel C. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased several parcels of land. |
10 acres in the SE quarter of section 15, south range 39, E of the Williamette Meridian |
Union |
house and 1/2 the acres on Boothe Lane, 3 miles east of Hwy 82. 1/2 the acres on both side of Lower Cove highway, 4 miles E of Hwy 82. |
Jones, Edna; Jones, John T.; Jones, Rodney; Jones, Brian; Jones, Douglas | No | None of the original... | horses, mules, cattle, swine | wheat, barley, alfalfa | No |
Applicant not sure if the original farm was ever divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Event notice; Newspaper articles. Letter by Edna Jasper Jones on family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand graddaughter | Missouri | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR0833 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moore, Helen and John A. Moore | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 1 S R 17 E of W.M., containing 137 acres. |
Sherman |
Highway 97 |
Coelsch, Leo W.; Spencer, Sharon Coelsch | No | UPDATE: house built in 1882 (... | Wheat, livestock. | Wheat, livestock. | Yes | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications; Statement forms; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | California | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0396 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hill, Henry Washington & Martha Ann Hill | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See application for full description. T 8 S R 4 W. |
Polk |
Henry Hill's Town of Independence. |
Hill, Orville H. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0941 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Yungen, Abraham | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 Sec 34 T 2 N R 2 W, W.M., containing 80 acres. |
Washington |
Helvetia Road |
Yungen, Robert J. | No | Barn and granary | Potatoes, dairy cows, cheese... | Beef cattle, hay, grain, seed. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0891 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Woodell, James Lorenzo & Isabel Murchison Woodell | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
Grande Rhonde Valley |
Howard, Pauline Isabelle (Woodell) | No | Farmhouse built in 1875.... | Hay, grain, pasture, apple... | Grass seed; a few acres of... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Bladensburg, Wapello County, Iowa | Scottish | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0907 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Papenberg, George | Elligsen Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
Frobase Road, Tualatin |
Elligsen, Edward A.; Elligsen, Meta H. | No | no | Hogs, cows, horses, sheep,... | Grain, hay, crimson clover. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 40 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grand nephew | Hanover, Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| CFR0060 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wakefield, Louisa | Wakefield Farms, LLC | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of SE 1/4: the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. Also the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 12 and the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 13 in T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. |
Lincoln |
Four miles East of Eddyville, North of Hwy 20. |
Wakefield, Rex (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Root cellar and chicken house. | Vegetables, apples, cows,... | Timber, hay, cows, vegetables. | No |
Brown Hawkins was listed as owner along with Louisa Wakefield. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Correspondence; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Long Lake, Minnisota | 0 |
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