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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CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 | ||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0713 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinney, James Madison and Polly Elmira McKinney | James Madison McKmney & Polly Elmira Mckmney Farm | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Sec 2 T 2 N R 19 E | No | Gilliam |
West of Blalock Canyon |
Anderson, Don E.; Anderson, Patricia A. | No | House built in 1913 (original... | Cattle, sheep. Wash McKinney... | Wheat, barley, commercial... | No |
Trees from the "Timber Culture" application (see attachment) in SE 1/4 of Sec 2 still stand along the edge of the wheat fields. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
2 page history of farm ownership; Wills; Application; Statement form; Homestead receipt; Typewritten letters; Timber culture application; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Mitchell County, North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0097 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mast, William P. | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | SW 1/4 of Sec 1 T 28 S R 12 W, W.M. | No | Coos | Mast, Hollis | No | no | Cattle, horses, hogs,... | Dairy cattle, pasture, hay... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 1200 acres in present farm. 80 acres of original part of current property. See CFR0098 for information regarding the other 80 acres. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Map of homestead; Application; Short narrative about William P. Mast in "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties"; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0922 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | Dixie Mountain Christmas Trees; Logan's Dixie Mountain Tree Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 3420 | No | Washington | Logan, Donald J.; Logan, Elaine | No | None of the original... | Cattle | Hay, Timber, Christmas trees | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Centerville, Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0098 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mast, William P. | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | SW 1/4 or Sec 1 T 28 S R 12 W W.M. | No | Coos | Mast, Lloyd K. | No | Site of original house and... | Hogs, cattle, horses,... | Dairy, beef, sheep, hay,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 560 acres in present farm. 80 acres of original farm located in present property. See CFR0097 for more information regarding the other 80 acres. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Map of homestead; Application; Short narrative about William P. Mast in "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties"; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR1206 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harmon, Oscar Lafayette | Harmon Farm | 1910 | 320.00 | 498.00 | 298 | No | Yes | Lyman Chapman Cert #1809 8/24/1895 | Yes |
Deeds of Sale through years |
T1N R44E S 28 &29 |
Wallowa |
82293 School Flat Rd. Wallowa OR 97885 |
Latitude 45.535278 Longitude 117.334955 | 8 miles | Enterprise, OR | Bacon, Lois A. | Yes | First house in 1894, later... | Barley; Hay; Oats; Potatoes;... | Conservation; Hay; Cattle | No | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Timeline of property ownership; Map of property; Deed records; Plat map; Property ownership records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great grandchild | Iowa | 1 |