| 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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| CFR0405 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gilliam, Andrew Jackson | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
5 miles SW of Dallas on the Dallas-Falls City Road. |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Andrew Jackson Gilliam; to William Douglas Gilliam (son); to Annis Tilgner (granddaughter). 50 acres of original farm in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0754 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grimes, Beal R. | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
5 miles East of Harrisburg, Oregon. |
Grimes, Edgar B. | No | no | Beef cattle, hay, wheat, oats. | Dairy, hay, grass seeds. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 80 acres in present farm. Farm divided 3 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1095 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peters, John H. | 1902 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 4N, R 32, S 9,16 |
Umatilla | Peters, Dale A. | No | Dryland farm (Barley; Wheat) | No | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 2005 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Farm history; Deed. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0321 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, James and Cecilia | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Merten, Maurice H.; Merten, Mary McKay | No | No |
The applicant and her husband currently farm 142 acres of the original property. The first grist mill in Oregon was built and operated by James McKay on the property. The applicant has a piece of the original mill stone in the yard of her home. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten letter; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0673 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kraxberger, John | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 in Sec 14 T 4 S R 1 E, containing 156 acres. |
Clackamas | Kraxberger, Siegfried; Kraxberger, Marjorie | No | no | Cows, horses, chickens, grain. | Christmas trees. | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Title abstract. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Austria | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR1013 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Huffman, John W. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa |
15 miles E of Joseph |
Bird, David P. | No | House, barn, woodshed. | Cattle, hay, pasture, various... | Pasture, cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Probate records. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Eastern USA | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0236 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 31 T 12 S R 3 W -- 320 acres. |
Linn |
2 miles N of Shedd and east of highway 99 |
No | No |
Nicholas Sprenger died 8 Nov 1871, and passed 212 acres to this son Henry Sprenger. Henry (father of applicant) died 1938, and the applicant was heired 176 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavits; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0592 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Etzel, Joseph and Katerina | 1899 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from W.W. and Joicy Brooks |
Township 9 S, Range 1 E |
Marion | Etzel, Francis; Etzel, Dolores | No | House (built 1899) still... | Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Chickens | Grass seed, Timber | No |
2018-Property owned by siblings Thomas, Janet Odenthal, and John Etzel |
Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten note; Chain of title; Title abstract of title; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR0931 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Swanton S. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City; Cert. # 2518; Application # 4851 | No | Washington | Bateman, Donald R. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Timber. | Cattle, Timber, Christmas... | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate; Probate record; Newspaper article; Will of S. S. Bateman. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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