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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CFR0652 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scheer, George | George Scheer Century Farm | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 13 T 4 S R 1 E. |
Clackamas |
6 miles SE of Canby |
Scheer, Robert G. | No | yes | Cereal, grain, hay, clover... | No |
120 acres in original farm. 96 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Deed |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0910 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Siegenthaler, Samuel | Guerber Farm | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
17 miles West of Portland. |
Guerber, Donald | No | Indian trail ran through farm... | Dairy farm with Swiss cheese... | Forage crops to feed milk... | No |
300 acres in original farm. 265 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0781 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | West, Ashby | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Renter | No | yes | Grain, hay, milk cows, horses. | Grain, row crops. | No |
62 acres in original farm. 33 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0719 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kuhl, Peter & Julia | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Kuhl, Philip J., Jr. | No | Ice house and smith shop. | Shorthorn cattle, hay, swine... | Shorthorn cattle, sheep,... | No |
Henry R. Sels was a merchant and prominent figure in early Canyon City. "His daughter, Julia Sels Kuhl, married Peter Kuhl in 1878." (1) NOTE 1: Information for update was provided by the Grant County Historical Society, 8/16/2000. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt of Peter Kuhl from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties"; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0720 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blackwell, Clement Cood and Jane Blackwell | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant |
2 1/2 miles East of Long Creek. |
No | House built c. 1880. | Hogs, sheep, horses, sugar... | Grain hay, alfalfa and... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 1600 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee and Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0639 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Humphrey, George | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Nusbaum, Hermon; Nusbaum, Nita | No | no | Horses, cattle, wheat, hay. | Cattle, wheat, hay. | No |
1240 acres in original farm. 597.5 acres in present farm. Farm divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Family tree; Marriage certificate. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Lane County | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0818 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moulton, George Frederick | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah |
6 1/2 miles E of Gresham on Lusted Rd. |
Moulton, Lewis C.; Moulton, Audrey | No | No | Land not cleared, but later... | Nursery stock, berries. | No |
40 acres in original farm. 20 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 1/2 mile N of original farm | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0946 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tharp, Abraham | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Buel, Harold B. | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle, horses,... | Grain, wheat, oats, peas. | No |
300.5 acres in original farm. 250 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0883 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McDonald, Hiram | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
3 1/2 miles NE of Summerville. |
Renter | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Hogs, cattle, wheat, barley,... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri to Willamette Valley to Union Co. | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0640 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skeels, Chester | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Hughson, Chester F. | No | no | 2 1/2 acres garden. Balance... | Alfalfa, grain, orchard,... | No |
72 acres in original farm. 33 acres 1/3 interest in 22 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 2 |