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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CFR1184 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Balin, Mary | Balin Ranch | 1910 | 100.00 | 800.00 | 800 | No | Yes | No |
40S Range 09E, WM Section 13 |
Klamath |
13600 Homedale Road
Klamath Falls, OR 97603 |
42*06'N43.06'W | 10 | Klamath Falls | Balin Family | No | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | No |
Note Hal Balin passed away before the awards ceremony on 9/1/12. |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Organic beef label; Aerial photograph; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Son | Kansas | 3 | ||||||
CFR1136 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carleton, George H. | Carleton Farms | 1909 | 80.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 40S, R 10E, S 36 |
Klamath |
1 mile north; 1/4 mile east of Merrill |
1 mile | Merrill | Carleton Farms | No | Barn (c1940s) | Hay; Dairy cows | Alfalfa; Grain; Potatoes;... | No | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed; Copy of newpaper article; Copies of photos |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson; 2 Great grandsons | Utica, Missouri | 3 | |||||||
CFR1192 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Bodnar, John | Bodnar Ranch | 1912 | 160.00 | 350.00 | 350 | No | Yes | 06118 | No |
T 37S, R 11 1/2, E S 27& 28 |
Klamath |
9700 Egert Road, Dairy Oregon |
12 | Bonanza | Bodnar, John Andrew; Bodnar, John Andrew, II | No | Hay; Honeybees; Cattle | Grain; Hay; Beef cattle | No |
Very little has changed in the production use of the farm/ranch. With the addition of irrigation in the 1960's, irrigation crops became a commodity for the property. |
Monday, May 28, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Certificate of naturalization; General land office receipts; Common school diploma; Deed records; Title; Plat map; Property ownership documents; Motor vehicle title; Brand application; Copies of photographs; Aerial photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of owner | Czechoslovakia | 2 | ||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
CFR0982 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Messal Sr., William | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Rosie Messal |
T 36 R2E Section 8 |
Jackson | Peile, Maxine | No | Original barn is still... | Hay, Cattle, Garden pigs | Cattle, Sheep, Pasture | No |
"Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten letters; Newspaper article; Excerpt from "A History of Eagle Point"; Typewritten letter; Birth certificate; Marriage certificate; Chain of title; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great niece by marriage | Germany ["Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen"] ["Bayern Province"] | Germany | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0142 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chavner, Thomas | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
More land was purchased at a later date. |
Jackson | Thompson, Margaret Chavner | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 |