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 |
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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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CFR0787 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Doerfler, Martin | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
13510 Doerfler Rd SE, Silverton, OR |
Doerfler, David A.; Doerfler, Rita | No | Barn, Grainery, House | Cereal Grains, Cattle | Wheat, Oats, Grass seed,... | No |
The property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great-grandson | Austria | Austrian | 4 | |||||||||
CFR0707 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Raymond, Ephriam and Caroline | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Swingley, Durnin L.; Swingley, Evelyn Raymond | No | Apples; Barley; Corn; Fruits... | At time of application:... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0967 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Summers, Mary E | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC #1228, The Dalles | No | No |
Sec 4 T 5 S R 22 E, containing 161 acres. |
Gilliam |
Matney Flat |
Ericksen, Russell; Wade, Larry | No | No | Wheat, barley, cattle, horses... | Wheat, barley, cattle. | No |
This farm was added to the database on 8/3/2000 by Jennifer Blacke after an update from the Gilliam County Historical Society. The Society provided an article showing that this farm was added to the CFR program by OHS, but fails to give the date accepted. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate. 1890 land grant adding to property. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Missouri | 0 | |||||||||
CFR0885 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jasper, Merrel C. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased several parcels of land. |
10 acres in the SE quarter of section 15, south range 39, E of the Williamette Meridian |
Union |
house and 1/2 the acres on Boothe Lane, 3 miles east of Hwy 82. 1/2 the acres on both side of Lower Cove highway, 4 miles E of Hwy 82. |
Jones, Edna; Jones, John T.; Jones, Rodney; Jones, Brian; Jones, Douglas | No | None of the original... | horses, mules, cattle, swine | wheat, barley, alfalfa | No |
Applicant not sure if the original farm was ever divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Event notice; Newspaper articles. Letter by Edna Jasper Jones on family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand graddaughter | Missouri | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0804 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carlson, Andrew S. and Sophia | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #1355 | No | Morrow |
18 miles S of Ione on Valby Road |
Carlson, Louis A. and sons | No | House. Some of the house... | Wheat, Barley, Corn, Home... | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0821 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Graf, Andreas | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #2675 | No | Multnomah | Graff, Clifton L.; Graff, Juanita A. | No | House built c. 1885 (placed... | Cattle, Horses, Fowl, Hay | Cattle, Hay, Horses, Nursery... | Yes |
The property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Line of ownership; Typewritten letter; Tax receipt; Homestead documentation; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0740 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Campbell, David | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Klamath | Cheyne, Charles; Cheyne, Margaret; Cheyne, Hank | No | Grain; Grain hay; Cattle | At time of application:... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Klamath County, Oregon: Its resources and its people"; Family history; Family trees; Photocopies of photographs; Newspaper articles; Deed; Testimony of witness; Contract of sale. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0659 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Suter, Eli C. and James A. | Eli C. Suter Century Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Suter, Henry G.; Suter, George H. | No | Apples; Grain; Hay; Prunes;... | At time of application:... | No |
Eagle Creek is not in Clackamas County (noted by AB, 6/20/13) |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Photograph. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0949 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, Christian and Cecilia | 1883 | 0.00 | 41.00 | 41 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from N. N. Burton and May Burton |
Yamhill |
2 miles north of Yamhill on Hwy 47 at Cty Rd 273. Physical address of farm is 19035 NE Cove Orchard Rd. Yam hill 97148-3.9.16 |
2 miles | Yamhill OR | Dromgoole, Gordon C. | No | None of the original... | wheat, oats, clover, cattle,... | wheat, barley, oats, clover,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Typewritten letter; Photocopy of photograph; Oregon Pacific Railroad advertisement; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Sebringsville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | 2 |