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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CFR1153 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Neiger, Henry Sr. | Cherry Farm | 1909 | 360.00 | 158.00 | 100 | No | No | Yes |
Deed Record # 51 Polk County |
T 6S, R 3W |
Polk |
6490 Wallace Rd. Salem, OR |
4 miles NW | Salem | Cherry, Helen M.; Cherry, David | No | Corn; Grain; Hay; Hops; Dairy... | Grass hay; Sheep | No | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Copies of aerial photographs; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Granddaughter | Switzerland | Swiss | 2 | ||||||
CFR0731 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fitzgerald, Nathaniel D. and Amanda L. | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Fitzgerald, Jerome W.; Fitzgerald, Ona | No | Figs; Grapes; Pears. | At time of application: Fruit... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR1072 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Groshong, Mary A. | 1904 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 4S, R 1E, S 19 |
Linn | Groshong, Teresa L. | No | Timber; Beef cattle; Chickens... | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Farm history; Deeds. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0650 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Aden, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Midway between Stafford and Wilsonville |
Aden, Alton K.; Graves, Elva A. | No | yes | cleared in preparation for... | Small grains, hay, filberts. | No |
94 acres in original farm. 49.68 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0990 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, James Bruce | Flying O Cattle Co. Inc. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased property |
Baker |
hughway 26 E of John Day (9 Miles East of Unity) |
Baumeister, Everett and family | No | The original log house is... | Sheep, Horses, Cattle | Sheep, Cattle, Quarter horses... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Family history; Obituary; Real property record; Deeds; Family tree; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandfather | Montreal, Canada | Canada | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0569 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Martin Joseph | Jackson Cattle Ranch | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wheeler |
15 miles N of Mitchell, 5 miles S of ghost town of Richmond |
Carroll, Elizabeth J. | No | The house and some other... | Wheat rye, sheep, pigs,... | Oats, barley, cattle (cow/... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Wisconsin | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0908 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jurgens, William | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Martinazzi, Arthur J. | No | no | Two cows, pair of oxen, three... | Charlolais cattle, family... | No |
140 acres in original farm. 134 acres in present farm. Farm divided 8 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany, grandmother from Bohemia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0115 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stephens, Ebenezer | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Stevens, R. O. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR1223 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gentle, Thomas H.; Gentle, Carrie M. | Gentleacres/Orion Farms | 1914 | 162.00 | 132.00 | 103 | No | No | Yes |
Land Deed Records |
T8S R4W S19 & R5W S24 |
Polk |
Northside of Monmouth; 879 Monmouth Ave. Monmouth OR |
Adjacent to | Monmouth OR on North side | Hall, Madeline J.; Fisher, Joseph P.; Ward, Caroline G. | Yes | First house built in 1880 by... | Chickens; Dairy cattle; Hogs... | Conservation; Chickens; Eggs... | No | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Timeline of farm ownership; Land sale contract; Estate documents; Deed records; Certificate of farm name; Map of property; List of photographs; Letter; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great granddaughter | Farmington, IL | unknown | 3 | |||||
CFR0828 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gregg, Noah F. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
8540 DeJong Rd. Amity, OR |
Scharf, John; Scharf, Jay | No | None of the original... | Grains, Hay | Wheat, Oats, Clover, Alfalfa | No |
The property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Newspaper Articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Ohio | 2 |