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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CFR0969 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cook, J. P. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Randolph and Celinda Shipley |
Clackamas |
Lake Oswego |
Cook, Rick | No | The barn and the house remain. | Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Dairy... | Grapes | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1310 | Century Farm | William & Belle Austin | Austin Farm | 1913 | 63.00 | 63.00 | 60 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T28S R6W S10 |
Douglas |
2655 and 3005 SW Austin Rd. Roseburg OR 97471 |
43.15454 123.40434 | 5 miles | Roseburg OR | Dorothy B. Austin | Yes | 1913 house built by founders... | Flowers shrubs, greenery,... | Sheep/cattle | No | Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 2024 |
flash drive with photos, narrative, maps, Family succession tree |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Bill Austin Dorothy's late husband was William & Belle Austins grandson | Illinois | 1 | ||||||
CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 3 | |||||
CFR0807 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lindsay, John and Catherine Anne (Winters) Kincaid | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Kincaid, Lindsay J.; Kincaid, Diana M. | No | Two barns used for storage | Wheat, Cattle, Mules, Horses... | Dryland wheat, Barley, Cattle... | No |
Property has been divided once. The first crop grown on the land was 25 acres of wheat. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Note; Article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Antioch, Ohio by way of Hays, Kansas | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0986 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Mullally, John and Catherine | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Homestead cert #1509 | No |
2 S 29 E Section 10 |
Morrow |
Road No. 86307 Mile post 60 highway 74 |
McLaughlin, Elizabeth; McLaughlin, Robert | No | Horse barn 25 by 50 feet and... | Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Turkeys... | Cattle, Grass | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great nephew | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | ||||||||
SFR0053 | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Albert Wright | Midway Ranches | 1873 | 120.00 | 6,000.00 | 6000 | No | No | Yes |
Deed record |
T3S and 4S R25E S36 |
Morrow |
57560 Wright Drive Heppner OR 97836 |
45.15' 26"N 119 degrees 39' 40" W | 12 miles | Heppner | Gerald and Dianna Wright Hoeft | Yes | 1873 home is now the Family... | Hay sheep, horses | Alfalfa hay, pasture, cattle... | No | Friday, March 3, 2023 | 2023 |
Flash Drive with photos, maps, narrative applications. Succession tree lineage |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Great Granddaughter | Indiana | not given | 1 | |||||
CFR0904 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ingels, Patrick C. | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 13 E, containing 120 acres. |
Wasco |
13 miles SW of Dufur, Oregon. |
Smith, Keith | No | barn | Wheat, barley. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family Birth Register; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Petaluma, California | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR1219 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cappoen, Theophile | Taghon Farm | 1915 | 40.00 | 72.55 | 55 | No | No | Yes |
Sales Deed record |
T1N R3W S33 |
Washington |
1645 NW Cornelius-Schefflin Rd. Cornelius OR 97113 |
.85 miles | Cornelius | Finegan, Joseph; Finegan, Jennifer | Yes | First house built in 1915 and... | Barley; Hay; Oats; Peas;... | No | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Aerial photograph; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great great grandson | Minnesota | Belgium | 2 | ||||||
CFR1166 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smutz, I. D. | 1910 | 749.00 | 733.00 | 733 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
T 3, R 38, S 21,22,28 |
Union |
60040 Foothill Rd. LaGrande, OR 97850 |
3 miles | LaGrande | Smutz, Lawrence; Smutz, Barbara | Yes | Lawrence & Barb live in... | Grain; Hay; Chickens; Cows;... | Barley; Hay; Wheat; Cattle;... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Content list; Famly history narrative; Farm history; Ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Westermoreland County, PA and Agncey City, Iowa | 3 | |||||||
CFR1002 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Good, John Porter | Good Ranch | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 2 N R 40 E, W.M., containing160 acres. |
Union | Good, Richard I. | No | no | Oats, wheat, barley, sheep,... | Barley, hay, beef cattle. | No |
Chain of ownership: John Porter Good to Howard C. Good (son) to Richard Good & his brother to Richard Good. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Obituaries; Homestead certificate; Typewritten letter; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 |