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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SFR0058 | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Samuel Wade | Wade Ranch | 1874 | 160.00 | 2,200.00 | 2100 | No | Yes | Wallowa Cointy | No |
Township 01 South, Rangen 43 East, Section 13 |
Wallowa |
79265 Wade Gulch Lane Lostine OR 97857 |
N45 28' 27.6204 W117 23' 11.6952" | 2.5 miles | Lostine | Sam M. Wade (great grandson of founder) | Yes | House built in 1882; still... | Cattle, horses (including... | Irrigated grains and alfalfa... | No |
Original owner Samuel Wade had a friendly and cooperative relationship with Chief Joseph of Nez Pearce Indian tribe. Proud of conservation efforts to prevent erosion and maintain active stands of grassland on property. |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 2024 |
Photos hard copies, deed/homestead records, maps, family narrative. |
No | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Iowa | 2 | |||||
CFR0899 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chenoweth, James Wesley | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1265, Application # 1951. Also, Cert. # 2329, App. # 2712 | No |
NW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 2 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. Also, E 1/2 of the W 1/4 and E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 Sec 11 T 2 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa |
Farm located at 82029 Black Marble Lane |
McCormack, Reatha; McCormack, Jim | No | Part of the house and the... | Beef cattle, registered... | Commercial and registered... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Deeds; Homestead certificates; Estate documents (Legal document for the final estate of James Chenoweth); Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Bedford, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0931 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Swanton S. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City; Cert. # 2518; Application # 4851 | No | Washington | Bateman, Donald R. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Timber. | Cattle, Timber, Christmas... | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate; Probate record; Newspaper article; Will of S. S. Bateman. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1170 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Cantrell, William J.; First, Sara A. | Cantrell Ranch | 1881 | 240.00 | 640.00 | 20 | No | Yes | # 2018 | No | Union |
59375 Five Points Creek Road
LaGrande, OR 97850 |
12 Miles West | LaGrande | Howard I. Cantrell | No | Cattle; Chickens; Hogs; Horses | Apples; Corn; Hay | No | Friday, March 4, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Copy of original homestead certificate; Family history narrative; Ranch history timeline; Copies of photographs; Abstract of title; Estate document; Copy of obituary; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great, Great Grandson | Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||
CFR1112 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Morin, Lewis Calvin; Morin, Laura Ellen Phillips | 1901 | 160.00 | 2,400.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate No. 02936/ Receipt No. 134069 (1909) | No |
T 12, R 37E, S 9 & 10 |
Baker |
328 Whitney Rd; Hereford, OR 97837 |
5 miles | Hereford | Morin, Waynette J. | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle; Chickens... | Alfalfa; Barley; Hay; Oats;... | No | Monday, May 22, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Morin Ranch history narrative; Homestead certificate; Envelope; Maps; Certifiate of water right; Forms and receipts for homestead; Warranty deeds; Federal farm loan mortgage; Family history; Genealogy charts; Copies of photos. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Lewis & Laura Morin | Tillamook, OR | 3 | ||||||||
SFR0035 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Fryer, Alexander | Gordon Zimmerman Farm | 1863 | 500.00 | 83.00 | 83 | No | Yes | W.D Clark Homestead | No | Yamhill |
15000 Hwy 47 Yamhill, OR 97148 |
1.5 | Yamhill, OR | Gabler, Mark | No | See Gordon's book;... | Wheat; Barley; Oats | Grass seed | No |
Gordon Zimmerman holds a life estate interest in the property, has never farmed himself; leased to M. Gabler in 2000 when Gordon Dromgoole's (nephew) health declined and he could not longer farm it. Gordon D. holds the beneficiary interest in the property and will receive it when Gordon Zimmerman passes. Gordon Z. passed away in fall 2016. Gordon D. plans to farm and develop parts of the property for hazelnut production. |
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Will; Deed records; Death certificate; Plat map; A song of Yamhill by Gordon N. Zimmerman; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Gordon Z: G. Grandson of Founder; Gordon D. Great Great Grandson | 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 | |||||||||
CFR1191 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Conger, John W.; Conger, Charles W. | Livingston Ranch | 1888 | 160.00 | 5,000.00 | 5000 | No | Yes | 2109 # | No |
T 9, R 30, S 36 |
Grant |
57356 Carter Lane, Long Creek, OR |
3 | Long Creek | Livingston, Sharon; Livingston, Clayton | No | Rye; Wheat; Cattle | Cattle | No | Monday, May 21, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Deed records; Property ownership documents; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandaughter | Alsace between Germany and France | 3 | |||||||
CFR0966 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hardie, Dave | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Gilliam | No | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0804 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carlson, Andrew S. and Sophia | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #1355 | No | Morrow |
18 miles S of Ione on Valby Road |
Carlson, Louis A. and sons | No | House. Some of the house... | Wheat, Barley, Corn, Home... | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |