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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CFR0988 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Sebird | Elliot Ranches, Inc | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Pre-empted Land through La Grande Land Office |
Baker |
1 Mile west of Bridgeport |
Elliott, Harry Newell; Lewis, Richard; Lewis, Barbara Elliott | No | The barn at the main ranch is... | Meadow hay, Cattle, Horses | Cattle, Hay, Alfalfa, Barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Typewritten letter; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Inez, Kansas | 3 | |||||||||
CFR1119 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chambers, George E.; Chambers, Rosetta M. | E. A. Chambers Farms Inc. | 1905 | 280.00 | 220.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 10 S, R 3 W, S 7 |
Linn |
6 miles north of Albany |
6 miles | Albany | E.A. Chambers Farms Inc.; Chambers, David E.; Graffenberger, Brian | No | House (Built 1907); Original... | Grain; Hay; Lumber; Timber;... | Blueberries; Grass seed;... | No | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 | 2007 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Birth and death records; Obituaries; Newpaper article; Copies of photographs; Abstract of title; Warranty deeds; Map of property survey; Tax records; Copy of "Linn County, Oregon Pioneer Settlers"; Genealogy chart. |
No | Yes | David Chambers - Great-grandson of George Chambers | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0015 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayden, Thomas C. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #38 | No | No |
T 14 S R 8 W |
Benton | Hayden, Rufus | No | Yes |
At the time of application, the applicant still owned and farmed a good portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0148 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kubli, Kaspar | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson |
2 miles South of Applegate P.O. |
Scott, Lorin M.; Scott, Edith Kubli | No | None on this 1/4 of the... | Apples, grain, hay. | Hay, pasture. | No |
210 acres in original farm. 50 acres (47 acres subtracting Hwy. 238) in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switzerland to Kentucky | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0296 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shaw, George W. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0428 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, George Grant | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Gray, Aldon H. | No | yes | Cattle and grain. | Sheep, hay, grain. | No |
1000 acres in original farm. 570 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0567 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pearson, Henry Caswell | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
5 miles S of Hillsboro, 2.4 miles W on Firdale Rd. |
Pearson, Daral K. | No | no | Cleared timber to raise... | Timber, grain, filberts. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Excerpt of H. C. Pearson diary. List of dates, names, location and acreage of Pearson claim and neighbors. Photocopies of photos of house, Henry and Polly Pearson. Application; Statement form; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0697 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davlin, James | Nichols Bros. Ranch | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 19 & 20 T 28 S R 6 W, W.M. |
Douglas | Nichols, J. Harold; Nichols, Cyril H. | No | Yes. | Wheat, oats, barley, corn,... | Beef cattle, hay. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 800 acres in present farm. Edmond Gage house used during Cow Creek Indian uprising. 4 horse stage stop until 1910. Brockway Postoffice on farm 1893-1956. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Illinois | 4 | |||||||||
CFR0826 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riddell, William; Rae, David | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | McCrae, Kenneth R. | No | yes | Grain, hay, Cotswold sheep,... | Registered sheep, cattle,... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 636 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Scotland to Canada to Albany, Oregon | Scottish | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0955 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gubser, Daniel | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Yamhill | Plants, Carlton; Laubs, Dean | No | no | Wheat, oats. | Truck gardening, nursery... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Switzerland (Jacob Gubser) | Swiss | 1 |