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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CFR1034 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Williams, Hyrum (Hyram Williams) | Dash W Bar Ranch | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Homestead # 583 from James A. Gittings & a parcel from Ninian E. Duncan. |
Sec 19 & 30 T 20 S R 36 E |
Harney |
78435 Liberty Rd Drewsey OR 97904 |
Drewsey | Williams, Terry; Williams, Nancy; Williams, Travis | No | log cabin which was one of... | Sheep, cattle, hay. | Commercial cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Utah | 3 | |||||||
CFR1026 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kraxberger, John & Rosina Kraxberger | 1899 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Henry Kummer |
Sec 14 T 4 S R 1 E |
Clackamas |
farm located at 10692 S Kraxberger Road, Canby, OR 97013 |
McKay, Mary; McKay, David | No | Turkeys, cattle, wheat, grass... | Grass seed. | No |
50.65 acres in present farm of original 156 acres. Chain of ownership: John (Johann) Kraxberger 1892 to 1909; Adolph Kraxberger (son) to 1949; Oscar Kraxberger (grandson) to 1982; Mary McKay (great granddaughter) to date. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Deeds, Photocopies of photographs. History of the Kraxberger family. |
No | Yes | OHSField Services File | great granddaughter | Austria | 1 | |||||||||
CFR1028 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heller, Louis | Heller Homestead | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Sec 27 T 27 S R 11 W |
Coos | Heller, Russell; Heller, Debbie | No | Oats, wheat, hay, vegetables... | Beef, timber. | No |
Charles Heller (Louis Heller's son) brought suit againt the California Railroad for rights to the homestead. He & other settles won suit. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Legal testimony for Louis Heller; Notice of hearing for railroad contest; Typewritten letter; Photocopies of photographs (original homestead before 1900, water wheel, water wheel building, sawmill, threshing, house, barn built in 1920). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Los Angeles, California | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0607 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Howard, Thomas | Howard Ranch LLC (Thomas Howard Ranch) | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Harney | Howard, Thomas C.; Howard, Tom M. | No | Hay; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0866 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Demaris, Enoch | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 371 | No | Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 55 Walla Walla River Rd. |
Demaris, Meryl C., Jr. | No | None of the original... | Livestock, Hay, Fruit | Apples | No |
The original farm was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; List of family members; Deed; Certification of ownership. Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Atumwa, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0575 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Nibler, Elizabeth Bauer Ferschweiler | Ferschweiler Farm, LLC | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ferschweiler, Don; Ferschweiler, Chris | No | Berries; Filberts; Hops;... | At time of application:... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Handwritten note; Deeds; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0801 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hamer, Jesse | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | French, Raymond; French, Norma | No | None of the original... | Cattle | Cattle, Hay, Wheat | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | 2 | ||||||||||||
CFR0930 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lilly, James Pisarius | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from James and Matilda McClaran |
Washington | Larson, Echo (Lilly); Larson, John | No | Old barn still exists and is... | Timber (land was not cleared) | Hay,Thoroughbred horses,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Handwritten note. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | West Virginia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0770 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Duncan, George W. and Susan D. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from the Eastern Oregon Land Company |
Malheur | Oakes, Donald (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | None of the original... | Grass hay | Grass hay, Grain | No |
Nancy Duncan married Ed Oakes after the death of her husband, George Duncan. Nancy and Ed Oakes then sold the land to their son, Donald Oakes in 1959. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Excerpt from diary; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Donald is the grandson of George Duncan | Kansas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0608 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Freitag, Charles and Matilda | Freitag Century Farm | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Freitag, Charles R. | No | At time of application:... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Abstract of title; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 |