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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CFR0018 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Herron, Robert | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR0151 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Horton, William Harrison | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Sec 21, 27, 28 T 39 R 11 1/2 E | No | Klamath |
15 miles east of Klamath Falls |
Horton, Lawrence J.; Horton, Anne S. | No | House built prior to 1906. | Cattle, sheep, horses, hay.... | Herefords (registered) | No |
160 acres in original farm. 537 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | New York | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0299 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Geer, R. C. and Mary C. | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Sections 21, 22, 27 and 28 of T 7S R1W | No | No | Marion |
12 miles east of Salem, Oregon and the court house |
Geer, A. A. | No | UPDATE: farmhouse built in... | Yes |
R. C. and Mary C. Geer gave property to son L.B. Geer, who passed it to their son A. A. Geer (applicant). Original DLC held 640 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0829 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Frizzell, G. L. and Alice A. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 29 and the SW 1/4 of Sec 29 in T 6 S R 4 W of the W.M., containing 240 acres. |
Polk | Nielsen, Soren Dejgaard; Nielsen, Rose M. | No | no | Wheat, horses. | Wheat, oats, barley, hay,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Article; Deed; Typewritten letter.. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Green County, Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0266 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shedd, Capt. Frank | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Renter | No | The house and barn built in... | hay, grains, fruit, horses,... | ryegrass, blue grass, barley... | No |
334 acres in original farm. 260.72 acres in present farm. Capt. Shedd operated a smithy and woodworking shop on the farm. The land for the town of Shedd was donated by Capt. Shedd. Capt. Shedd purchased the original DLC from Joseph Hite. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0537 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kraxberger Sr., John | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 4 S R 1 E, Sec 14 |
Clackamas | Kraxberger, Phil | No | House, barn, granary. | Mostly potatoes, wheat, oats... | Nursery stock. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Austria | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0796 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Williamson, Nelson P. | Williamson Farm | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 27 & 28 T 6 S R 2 W |
Marion | Williamson, Aloysius Peter | No | no | Horses, sheep, cows. (c. 1940... | Bush beans, sugar beets,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Applications; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0894 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayes, John W. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Hayes, Kirk D.; Kooch, Reid | No | House, Shop (originally the... | grains, hay | wheat, barley, hay | No |
The original farm has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letters; Photograph; Obituary; Family history; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1025 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Owens, Thomas | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 26 T 4 S R 5 W |
Yamhill | Owens, Harold | No | No |
25 acres in present farm. 640 acres in original farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0188 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stephens, Sidney S. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane |
3 miles West of Crow. |
Stephens, Clair A. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy cattle, wild hay, grass. | Cattle, sheep, oats, hay. | No |
1000 acres in original farm. 285.40 acres in present farm |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 |