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 |
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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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CFR0836 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | von Borstel, Carsten | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | # 5532. E 1/2 Sec 13 T 4 S R 16 E, W.M., containing 320 acres. | No | Sherman |
Farm located at: Star Route Box 43, Grass Valley, OR 97029 |
von Borstel, Lee | No | no | Vegetables, hay | Alfalfa hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Claim description and claim list from "Claims of certain settlers in Sherman County, Oreg."; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0043 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Burbage, Ezekial | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased in 1857 |
Clackamas | Asboe, Ronald Albright | No | House was built in 1866 and... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten and handwritten correspondence. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0755 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cox, Lewis | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
8 miles NE of Albany |
Cox, Orie H. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | One | Cattle, sheep, grain. | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
200 acres in original farm. 85 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1096 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rencken, Gevert | 1903 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 6, R 35, S 16 |
Umatilla | Rencken, Donald; Rencken, Ruth; Rencken, Bruce | No | Apples; Berries; Cherries;... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 2005 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Contract of Sale; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0674 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dworschak, John Fredrich | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 36 T 4 S R 1 E |
Clackamas | Dworschak, Delbert | No | Fruit cellar, potato cellar,... | "stump wheat" | Cattle, hay, a few berries. | No |
Founder bought these 40 acres from John & Julia Kruxberger in 1893 (see CFR0673) |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | Mabren Trebau, Austria | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1014 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shull, Benjamin C. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos |
3 miles SE of Myrtle Point on Broadbent Road at HC 84, Box 2B42 |
Guerin, Arlene R. | No | no | Dairy, hogs, corn, grass hay. | Lifestock (beef), grass hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | North Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0593 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McAlavy, Charles | Brogoitti Ranches, Inc. | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John A. Scott |
SE 1/4 section 14 township 4 north of range 33, east of the Willamette Meridian |
Umatilla | Brogoitti, Bruce | No | None of the original... | wheat, cattle, horses | wheat, barley | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Oregon state business license; Stock certificate copies. |
Yes | Yes | Field Services Files | great grandson | Ringold County, Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0932 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Withycombe, James | James Withycombe Farm | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
State Hwy 219 & Grable Road |
Withycombe, Thomas E.; Withycombe, James H. | No | Barn destroyed in 1962... | "The founder, Governor... | Wheat, clover, grain crops | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; Phone message memo; Notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tavistock (Devonshire), England | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1235 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Clay & Susanna Belshe | Belshe Ranch | 1916 | 320.00 | 6,250.00 | 6250 | No | No | Homestead grants 11/24/1915 and 5/1/1916 | No |
T2S R18E Sections 18 and 19 |
Sherman |
97200 Why 206 Moro OR 97039 |
N45 23.509 W120 36.638 | 8 miles | Moro OR | Martin Belshe and his wife Molly | No | First house built in 1920;... | Hay and pasture for work... | Wheat and Barley | No | Thursday, April 13, 2017 | 2017 |
Map, deeds, pictures |
No | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||
CFR0852 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scott, William H. H. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
E. 1/2 sec 15, Twp 4N, R 34E WM |
Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 65 Athena, OR |
Scott, Joseph Jay | No | None of the original... | Wheat | Wheat, Peas | No |
The property has never been divided. There were 320 acres in the original farm, and there are 320 acres in the farm today. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois and Missouri | 0 |