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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CFR0494 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fendall, Charles E. & Amanda Fendall | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
4 miles NW of Willamina |
Mendenhall, Riley Ward; Mendenhall, Elizabeth | No | Buildings on an adjoining... | No |
628 acres in original farm. 113 acres in present farm. Charles Fendall; to W. E. Fendall (son) & Philip R Fendall (son); Richard Fendall (Philip's son); to Riley Ward Mendenhall (son of Roxie Fendall, daughter of Riley Fendall, brother of Philip). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1260 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alois & Ceclia Beitel | The Beitel Farm | 1915 | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160 | No | No | No |
T8S R1W S36 |
Marion |
14686 Coon Hollow Rd. SE Stayton OR 97383 |
1/2 mile | Sublimity | John J Beitel and son John R. Beitel | No | Built in 1900; damaged by... | Cows, sheep, pigs, horses,... | Chewings Fescue; Perennial... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application materials in total |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson John J great grandson John R | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0687 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKenzie, Robert | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Curry |
Elk River to North |
Wahl, Georgina | No | Burned in 1936 coast fire. | Timber, cows. | Sheep, cattle. | No |
Indians lived on the farm & there is a burial site on the ranch. Brought first "donkey engine" to the area. Had a dairy ranch and shipped butter to San Francisco. 840 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Scotland via Australia | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0725 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Capt. Francis Marion | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 769 | No |
NW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 2 N R 11 E, W.M., containing 163.6 acres. |
Hood River | Hoffman, Bernice Jackson | No | Cemetary established in 1885. | Dairy and beef stock, hogs,... | Bartlett pears, some hay and... | No |
163.6 acres in original farm. 17.45 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Land deeds; Family History notes; F. M. Jackson and family background; Article |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Tennessee | 0 | |||||||||
CFR0538 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Frank Eugene | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
3 miles E of Mayville on Ramsey Canyon Rd. |
Smith, Roger E.; Smith, Lloyd; Smith, Gordon; Pihas, Janet Smith | No | Cow barn. | unknown. | Wheat, barley, cattle. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Sheboygan County, Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR1165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Silbernagel, Joseph; Silbernagel, Frances | Silbernagel Farm | 1907 | 252.00 | 230.00 | 150 | No | No | Yes |
Estate transfer |
T 9S, R 1E, S 8 |
Marion |
10508 Silbernagel Rd., Stayton, OR 97383 |
4 Miles | Stayton | Silbernagel, Paul | Yes | Cowbarn for milking, pig barn... | Corn; Grain; Hay; Chickens;... | Grain; Grass seed; Hay; Cows... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Estate document |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandson | Perham, Minnesota | German | 1 | |||||
CFR1159 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hentze, Johan; Hentze, Arine | Hentze Farm | 1902 | 42.00 | 42.00 | 42 | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
T 15, R 04, S 33 |
Lane |
30045 Hantze Lane, Junction City, OR 97448 |
N44, 21943, W123,16922 | 2 miles | Junction City | Hentze, Gordon | Yes | Dairy Barn 1947-1967 used for... | Barley; Vegetables; Wheat;... | Berries; Cherries; Vegetables... | No | Sunday, May 30, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Copied pages from "The Danish Settlement of Junction City, Oregon"; Newspaper articles |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Widow of Great Grandson | Faroe Islands | 3 | |||||
CFR0751 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benninger, William James and Ida Florence | Benninger Farm | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
All of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 35 T 15 S R 7 W, containing 80 acres. |
Lane | Norman May family; Benninger Farm Corporation | No | Destroyed by fire. | Timber, hay, fruit trees,... | Polled Herefords, hay, garden... | No |
Railroad land. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Note; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Benninger family history; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Travis City, Michigan | 4 | |||||||||
CFR1249 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Charlie Waterman | C & S Waterman Ranch LLC | 1917 | 160.00 | 2,791.00 | 1229 | No | No | No |
T30S R14 WWM S5 & 8 |
Coos |
South Four Mile Rd. Bandon OR 97411 |
8 miles | Bandon OR | Charlie and Sharon Waterman | No | Early 1900's first house... | Dairy cows, beef cattle,... | Beef cattle, sheep, hay and... | No | Monday, May 1, 2017 | 2017 |
App packet, pictures, CD |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | 3 |