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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CFR0808 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olden, Menzo Alfred | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #3628 | No | Morrow |
13 miles S of Ione |
McCabe, Alvin | No | House, Barn, Shop | Cattle, Grain, Fruit trees | Grain, Cattle | No |
The property has never been rented. The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Homestead proofs; Typewritten letters; Article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0557 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scott, William J. | Scott Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Malheur |
Approximately 14 miles North of Vale, Oregon. |
Annscott, Walter B.; Annscott, Charli; Scott, Kelly; Scott, Brendan; Scott, Teresa | No | Timbers from original barn... | Cattle, grain, alfalfa. | Cattle, grain, alfalfa, corn... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Handwritten notes; Excerpts from books (Bios of William J. Scott and his father, Oscar W. Scott). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | California | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 | ||||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1314 | Century Farm | Gustav Ferdinand Christian Jahn & Anna Kandel Jahn | Shade Place LLC | 1917 | 40.00 | 723.65 | 700+ | No | No | Yes |
Deed record |
T9S R6W S17 |
Polk |
19420 Fir Grove Rd. Monmouth OR 97361 |
44.793 -123.439 | 12.4 miles | Dallas OR | Pam Dalton | Yes | 1917 first house, original... | Cattle, cherries, hay timber | Main use of land is Timber... | No | Monday, March 25, 2024 | 2024 |
Flash drive with application, family tree, application, deed records |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Granddaughter | Germany, Austria Canada | German/Austrian/Canadian | 2 | |||||
SFR0050 | Sesquicentennial Farm | Judge Joseph Ringo/Harbert Cornelius Ringo | Ringo Farm | 1865 | 97.00 | 97.00 | 50 | No | No | Yes |
deed records |
Clackamas |
27795 S. Beavercreek Rd. Mulino OR 97042 |
8 miles | Molalla OR | Luann Ringo Nelzen, Wayne Nelzen | Yes | Original house build int 1865... | Cattle, berries, wheat,... | Christmas trees | No | Tuesday, January 11, 2022 | 2022 |
Map, news articles, family narrative, photos on 2022 Flash drive of 2019-2024 |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great great Granddaughter | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||
CFR1195 | Benjamin Schuster Kerns | Kerns Ranches | 1899 | 4,000.00 | 1,800.00 | 1,800 original, 300 Ft Klamath and 3,000 in CA | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
T 39, R 8, S 27 |
Klamath |
9350 Hwy 66, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 |
7 | Klamath Falls | E.G. Kerns Ranches LLC | No | Cattle and grass hay | Cattle, alfalfa hay, grass... | No |
Family history, photos, legal documents |
No | Yes | OSU | great, great grandson | New Jersey | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0428 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, George Grant | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Gray, Aldon H. | No | yes | Cattle and grain. | Sheep, hay, grain. | No |
1000 acres in original farm. 570 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1036 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Quinn, Charles James | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
3 miles W of Mayville, Oregon |
Quinn, Martha A.; Butler, James | No | Shop still in use in 1985. | Cattle and grain. | Wheat and barley. | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | widow of Charles James Quinn's grandson (Charles William Quinn) | Canada | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0845 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alley, John Marshall | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook |
40500 Hwy 53 Nehalem, OR |
Knight, Franklin E. | No | None of the original... | Cattle (dairy and beef) | Cattle (beef) | No |
The original farm has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Napa, California | 1 |