| 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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| CFR0949 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, Christian and Cecilia | 1883 | 0.00 | 41.00 | 41 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from N. N. Burton and May Burton |
Yamhill |
2 miles north of Yamhill on Hwy 47 at Cty Rd 273. Physical address of farm is 19035 NE Cove Orchard Rd. Yam hill 97148-3.9.16 |
2 miles | Yamhill OR | Dromgoole, Gordon C. | No | None of the original... | wheat, oats, clover, cattle,... | wheat, barley, oats, clover,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Typewritten letter; Photocopy of photograph; Oregon Pacific Railroad advertisement; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Sebringsville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | 2 | |||||||
| CFR0659 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Suter, Eli C. and James A. | Eli C. Suter Century Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Suter, Henry G.; Suter, George H. | No | Apples; Grain; Hay; Prunes;... | At time of application:... | No |
Eagle Creek is not in Clackamas County (noted by AB, 6/20/13) |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Photograph. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0788 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Goodknecht, Peter | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Thomas Miller |
Marion |
1078 Cascade Hwy NE, Silverton, OR |
Riches, Robert L. | No | Barn | Hops, Wheat, Oats, Cattle,... | Grass seed, Wheat, Sugar... | No |
Property was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Switzerland, Kansas | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0984 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Hill, William F. | Hill Land LLC and Hill Land & Cattle LLC | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T40S R10E Sectin 26 S 1/2 of SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 total 160 acres |
Klamath |
1.5 to 2 miles N. of Merrill, Oregon on Hill Rd. |
Hill, David; Hill, Dean F.; Hill, William F., III; Brant, Laura | No | Original house still stands... | Alfalfa hay; Barley; Grass... | Cattle | No |
"David Hill lives on the original property today." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Abstract of title; Maps; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandchildren | Illinois and Michigan | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0660 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lingelbach, Valentine | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Lingelbach, Richard; Lingelbach, Phil | No | Apples; Grain; Grapes; Hay;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten notes. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0918 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Simpson, John Marshall | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Nathaniel and Catherine Richardson |
Washington | Simpson, Rolfe M.; Simpson, Frank H. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | No |
This property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate record of John Simpson. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 4 | |||||||||||
| CFR0886 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wade, Pharris | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | No | None of the original... | Didn't farm the land... | Wheat, barley, oats, peas,... | No |
The original farm has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0596 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, James Francis | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate # 3482, application # 5781 | No | Wallowa |
1 1/2 mile W of Enterprise |
Davis, Donald H. | No | House is original | grass, hay, some grain,... | grass, hay | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Handwritten note (regarding applicant's genealogy); Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Iowa or Missouri | 1 |
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