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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CFR0410 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baskett, George Johnston | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration forms. Registration Century Farm Celebration dated september 6, 1960. Applicant writes that the farm is "106" years old. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0376 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bell, George Cyrus & Mary Ann DeLong Bell | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
Midway between Oak Grove and Bethel |
No | No |
320 acres in original farm. 158 acres in present farm. At time of application, the farm was in probate and the heirs intended to sell the farm to settle the estate of Julia (Bell) Jones. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Ohio | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1167 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Werth, Frederick Johan August | 1909 | 630.00 | 100.00 | 90 | Yes | No | No |
T 6S, R 7W, S 8 |
Polk |
1/4 mile north on Hwy 22 of the intersection of Hwys 18/22 at Valley Junction. |
7 Miles | Willaminia | Werth, Dennis R.; Werth, Elmer M. | No | Cereal grains; Hay; Timber;... | Cereal grains; Grass seed;... | No | Monday, May 24, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Land claim map; Topographic map of property; Warranty deed; Mortgage documents; Property boundary maps; List of photographs; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson & Great-grandson | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0411 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John C. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0412 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John Ceton | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | Allen, J. Davis (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | At time of application: Grain... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Farm history; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0377 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Phillips, John & Elizabeth | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification # 279 | No | No |
Sec 24 & 25 T 6 S R 3 W. |
Polk | No | UPDATE 8/01: Oregon National... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 230 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; 1958 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0378 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16, 17, 20, 21 T 6 S R 6 W. |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | Original homestead, once... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0414 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Griffith, B. L. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SE of Independence |
Wells, Perry A. | No | Hay, grain, cattle. Original... | Cherries, prunes, pears,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 168 acres in present farm. A warehouse was located on the banks of the Willamette for shipping produce. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0379 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16 & 17, 20 & 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |