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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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 | ||||||||||
CFR0887 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinnis, John L. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
1 mile West of Dry Creek School. |
Rhoads, Charles E. | No | Part of original house (... | Livestock, grains, lumber. | Grass seed, wheat. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; County tax record; Board minutes; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0726 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dethman, Christian | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1687, Application # 3804 | No |
E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 23 T 2 N R 10 E, W.M., containing 80 acres. |
Hood River | Mainwaring, Ray; Mainwaring, Betty | No | Barn on original land grant. | Wheat, potatoes, apples,... | Apples, pears, cherries,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Deed; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0823 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kruger, Louisa | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 36 T 2 N R 2 W, W.M. |
Multnomah | Krueger, Raymond J. | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle. | No | Friday, May 1, 1992 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | nephew | Iowa | 3 | ||||||||||||
CFR1001 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kelsey, Lorenzo S. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 31 T 6 S R 39 E , W.M. containing 35.29 acres. |
Union | Parker, Gifford H. | No | 12x14 rough board cabin, now... | Irrigated pasture, sometimes... | Irrigated pasture which also... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter; Parker v. Kelsey transcript; Probate record; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Land awards. Final Account for the Estate of Violet Parker. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tocele, Utah | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0839 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starns, Robert Middleton | Robert Middleton Starns Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of SE 4 T 2 S R 18 E of W.M, containing 160 acres. |
Sherman | Eakin, Mary P. (Higley); Eakin, Tom | No | no | Wheat, hay, horses. | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Leavenworth, Kansas; Los Animas, Colorado; Monroe, Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0677 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Louis | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 4230, Application # 7242 | No |
NE 1/4 Sec 1 T 6 N R 4 W, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Columbia | Johnson, Frederick R. | No | no | By April 1895 had cleared 5... | Beef cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Land deed. Homestead Affidavit. Homestead Proof Testimony. Citizenship Certificate. Posting of Notice. Hand-drawn Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0935 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hahn, Marshall Washington | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2 N R 3 W, Sec 28 |
Washington | Hahn, William Vernon | No | Barn, granary. | Hay, grain, seeds. | Hay, grain, seeds. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0062 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cummings, Martin | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
4 miles West of Halsey. |
Herndon, Tommy R. | No | no | Oats; Vetch; Wheat; Cattle,... | Grass seed | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications from 1985 and 1990; Typewritten and handwritten correspondence (including letter indicating that records and family farm history were sent to OHS in 1985), 1985-1990; Photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Oregon | 1 |