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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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 | ||||||||||
CFR0070 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Medler, Henry | Henry Medler Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman |
1 mile out of Wasco, near school and airport, left side. |
Rathbun, Lee | No | Barn, sheds, granary. | Wheat, cows, horses, fruit... | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1989 |
Application; 1989 Century Farm award; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0950 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Phillips, Richard W. | 1861 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 9 & 16 t 5 S R 4 W. 254.57 acres. |
Yamhill |
Farm located at: 5100 SE Telegraph Rd, Amity OR 97101 |
Burns, Robert E.; Burns, Charlene | No | no | Hops; Angora goats; Berkshire... | Wheat; Grass seed. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Louisiana | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0870 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Denninge, Mathias | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 721, App. # 1093 | No |
SW 1/4 Sec 2 T 3 N R 33 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
10 miles NE of Pendleton, OR. |
Woodward, Ethel B.; Woodward, Don A. | No | no | Wheat, some livestock. | Wheat, barley, oats, peas. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Calumet, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0789 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lichty, Nicholas | Nicholas Lichty Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
4 miles West of Silverton |
Steffen, Wayne A.; Steffen, Randy; Steffen, Richard | No | no | Wheat, oats, poultry, fruit,... | Strawberries, timber,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Chart of ownership; Family tree; Deeds, chain of ownership; Typewritten letters; Swiss family tree for Rosina Liechti. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and great great grandson | Switzerland to Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0822 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Charlton, Joseph and Margaret C. | Charlton Farm | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah |
Sauvie Island |
Charlton, James H. | No | no | Dairy | Hay crops, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; James H. Charleton obituary; Phone message memo; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 1845 from Missouri (member of the "lost" Meek wagon train" | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1000 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rieben, Christian | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
2 miles East of Banks, 1 mile North of Roy. |
Rieben, Ernest R. | No | no | Hay, grain, milk, cows. | Hay, grain, pigs, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland to Philadelphia, around Cape Horn to San Francisco to Oregon | 3 |