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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CFR0824 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, Franklin S. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
S 1/2 of the Benjamin Whitaker DLC # 65, Not. # 2272. |
Polk | Powell, Wilmer D. | No | Unknown. Originally a salt... | Wheat, hay, oats, sheep,... | Wheat, barley, oats, hay,... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 200 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Linn County, Oregon | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0030 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schultz, George | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
80 acres in S.E. 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SW1/4 S.E. 1.4 of section 35 T 14 R 5 |
Benton | No | No |
After death of George Schultz, property was passed to Dallas Harpole then to the applicants mother, then to applicant in 1952. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1957 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||
CFR0394 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Flickinger, Henry | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC of Andrew Chamberlain and wife | No | No |
T 9 & 10 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Polk | Henery, Yvonne A.; Henery, Donald | No | Grain, stock | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Biographical account of Henry Flickinger. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Pennsylvania to California | German | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0743 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Withers, Peter | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lake | Withers, Alan G. | No | Barn; Woodshed; Smokehouse;... | Cattle, Hay | Cattle, Hay | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Benton County, Oregon | 4 | ||||||||||||
CFR0744 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Corum, Samuel G. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | pre-emption filing #3094 | No | Lake | Iverson, Lawrence; Iverson, Marjorie Corum | No | None of the original... | Oats, Rye, Horses, Cattle,... | Wild Hay, Alfalfa, Cattle | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Non-mineral affidavit; Homestead records; Desert Land Act records; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter and grandson-in-law | Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0841 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Charles W. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Sherman |
5 miles East of Moro on Monkland Road |
Thompson, Ronald D. | No | Barn. | Wheat, hay, cattle. | Wheat, barley. | No |
Owners of the Monkland farm: Donald D. Thompson 1/2; Norma Cushing 1/6; Lois Murphy 1/6; Priscilla Wilson 1/6. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family genealogy; Photocopies of photographs (photo of Monkland, 1893, photo of C.W. Thompson & Family, 1893); Deeds; Homestead certificates. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0080 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, David C. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas |
7 miles South East of Canby |
Morris, James H.; Morris, Mary W. | No | no | cattle, sheep, wheat, oats,... | grass for pasture and hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 39.27 acres in present farm. David Morris bought 320 acres from Louis & Johanna Behrens on May 16, 1864. The Behrens homesteaded in 1857. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0971 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Palmer, Lawrence A. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | The Dalles, Cert # 5071, Application # 9111 | No |
NW 1/4 section 29, T 1 S, R 25 E of WM |
Morrow |
Clarks Canyon Road |
Harrison, Travis L. | No | House remains and is lived in... | Cattle, Hay, Barley, Wheat | Hay, Wheat, Barley | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Statement of affirmation; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Iowa | 3 |