| 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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| CFR0424 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Miller, Simon | 1863 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Miller, Rodney E. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Barn still in use, built with... | hay, fruit, cattle | hay, grain, white-face cattle... | No |
180 acres in original farm. 224 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Family history (of Simon Miller, Simon Edward Miller and Rodney Edward Miller); Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0946 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tharp, Abraham | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Buel, Harold B. | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle, horses,... | Grain, wheat, oats, peas. | No |
300.5 acres in original farm. 250 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0464 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cummins, Erwin | 1861 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Washington | Fischbuch, Chester (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | No. | hay, grain, cattle, onions | onions, hay, grain, cattle | No |
320 acres in original farm. 100 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0898 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wood, George D. | Wood Ranch | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1527, Application # 1787 | No |
NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 Sec 30, and the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 29, in T 1 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa |
1 mile NW of Lostine. |
Wood, George; Wood, Marilyn; Wood, Michael; Wood, Tami | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle, sheep. | Cattle, sheep, hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Lane County, Oregon | 2 | ||||||||
| CFR0626 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, William | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker |
Pocahontas Road and Brown Lane |
Payton, Howard John | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle, turkeys,... | Grain, hay, pasture. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 30 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Ireland | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0126 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Beckley, Henry | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
Farm at Mehl Creek on the Umpqua River |
Beckley, Henry | No | A springhouse. | Hay, grain, cattle. | Sheep, cattle, grain, hay. | No |
1287.48 acres in original farm. Approximately 2000 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| CFR0799 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schifferer, John Philipp | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Marion | Schifferer, Jim C. | No | Barn, root cellar. | Hay, grain, fruit trees,... | Cherries, prunes, hay,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany via Elgin, Illinois | German | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1031 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walter, Julius & Caroline Walter | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from M. J. Wirtz |
Sec 1 T 1 N R 3 W |
Washington |
30585 NW Old West Union Road. At eastern edge of North Plains. |
Walter, Donald C. | No | House, barn, blacksmith shop. | Hay, grain, horses, cattle,... | Wheat, Timothy hay. | No |
Chain of ownership: Julius Walter 1890 to 1895; Charles Walter (son) to 1910; farmed, but not owned, by Edward Walter (grandson) & Albert (Bert) Walter (grandson) to 1967; Bert Walter & Donald Walter (son of Edward) to 1977; Donald Walter to date. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Germany to Texas to Salem, Oregon | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0880 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, John S. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Union |
5 miles west of North Powder |
Renter | No | Many original split rail... | Hay, grain, horses, mules,... | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1300 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt from "Union and Wallowa Counties"; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Midland, Michigan | 1 |
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