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 |
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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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CFR0138 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hanley, Michael | Hanleylands | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims. |
T 37 R2W Sections 21, 22, 27,28 consists of about 197 acres |
Jackson |
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville |
Heffernan, Robert D., Jr. | No | No |
"My mother, Katheryn E. Heffernan, deeded me 28 acres in the fall of 1957." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0590 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Offenbacher, Fred and Minnie Offenbacher | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from George and Hattie Neuber |
Jackson |
Property divided into three lots. |
Offenbacher, Carl Ray; Offenbacher, Richard | No | None of the original... | cattle, grain, hay | alfalfa hay | No |
land currently owned by brothers Carl Ray Offenbacher and Richard Offenbacher |
Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Included are copies of several property records, several tax statements, and a property map with the farm area outlined. Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Map. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0139 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ross, Col. John England; Ross, Elizabeth | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim No. 69 | No | No | Jackson |
18 acres located in Jackson County; 2 miles westerly of Medford; on south side of Ross Lace at Griffin Creek |
Ross, Frank E.; Ross, Jocelyn P. | No | Alfalfa | No |
"heavy black soil of the best Rogue River Valley quality. Owner plans home which will make on or two homes on each of 17 subdivisions/ now constituting the original DLC of 320 acres." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1959 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0140 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, Henry R. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Section 10, Township 36 South Range 1 East. Tax Lot 3400 | No | No | Jackson |
1.5 miles above the present Brownboro Store. Runs along Butte Creek for 1/2 miles on the left hand side. |
Bradshaw, Merton | No | no | hay, horses | hay, beef cattle | No |
At the time of the application (1958) the property was being leased to Merton Bradshaw. Merton Bradshaw applied for Century Farm Certification in 1965. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter (Isolee) | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0141 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chavner, Thomas | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Sec 10 T 36 S R 1 E. | No | Yes |
Purchased more land later and added it to original property. |
T 36 R 3 W Sections 14-15, 22-23 about 700 acres total |
Jackson | Thompson, Chavner | No | Hay, Grain, Cattle, Pasture | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. Memo re: ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | |||||||||||||
CFR0983 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Read, Lilly | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Aaron and Manda Aaron |
N 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 34 and W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 35, TS12S, R13E |
Jefferson | Read, J. Herschel; Read, Kenny | No | Residence and barn still... | Dryland wheat, Cattle (... | Cattle (commercial and... | No |
Ranch is being run today by Herschel Read and Kenny Read. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Ranch history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Grizzly Mountain Area, Crook County, Oregon | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0734 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bolter, Edward G. | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jefferson | Bolter, Edward | No | Hay; cattle. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0150 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | White, Samuel Wilson | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC No 37 | No | No | Josephine |
7 miles from Kerbyville, 8 miles from Sailor Diggings, 6 miles from Browntown |
No | Timber | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten letters; Maps of original land claim; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | wife of Raymond White, who was grandson to Sam White | Cold Water, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||
CFR1214 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cheyne, Alex B. | Cheyne Farm | 1909 | 80.00 | 80.00 | 76 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
40S R11E S11 |
Klamath |
13411 Springlake Rd. Klamath Falls OR 97603 |
Klamath Falls | Cheyne, Brent A. | Yes | 1910 Single story house, 2nd... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | No | Tuesday, May 26, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Deed records; Photographs; Timeline of proptery ownership; Map of property; Newspaper articles; Copies of photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | grandson | Hartland WA 12 mile N of The Dalles OR | unknown | 2 | ||||||
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 |