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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CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0055 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kirchem, Mathias and Elizabeth | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Section 34 and 35, T 2S R3E |
Clackamas | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewrittten letter; Handwritten notes; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0638 | Century Farm | Koopman, Fritz | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 11 T 8 S R 6 E, W.M., contatining 40 acres. |
Baker |
On Moody Lane, Halfway, Oregon |
No | no | Cattle, hay, grains,... | Cattle | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
History of the Koopman Homestead. Certificate of Water Right. Desert Lands Certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0979 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert # 3420 Application # 5852 | No |
T2N R2W Section 8 |
Washington | Tannock, Richard B. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Strawberries, Timber | Timber | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Obituary; Homestead certificate; Birth certificate; 1880 Census document; Deeds; Homestead papers. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0817 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McMillan, E. D. | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate #3236, Application # 3875 | No |
NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 18, and NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 19 T 1 S R 25 E, W.M., containging 160 acres. |
Morrow |
Lexington-Ione Hwy 74 |
Jones, Charles C.; Jones, Delpha | No | no | Cattle, wheat. | Cattle, wheat, hay. | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Tennessee | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0995 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belshaw, Charles | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
9 miles West of Mount Vernon. |
Belshaw, Virgil | No | An old stone building. | Cattle, hay, fruit, horses. | Cattle, hay, some fruit. | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | England | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0040 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Horning, Frederick August | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Benton |
36 Street & Philomath Blvd. (adjoining Corvallis) |
Groves, William Frank | No | House built c.1859. Benton... | Grain (wheat, oats, barley,... | Prunes, apples, walnuts, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 70 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Obituary for Frederick August Horning. Section of newspaper article on Frank Groves. Letter of Guardianship appointing Fred P. Osborn as guardian for W. F. Groves. Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Prussia to Illinois to Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1028 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heller, Louis | Heller Homestead | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Sec 27 T 27 S R 11 W |
Coos | Heller, Russell; Heller, Debbie | No | Oats, wheat, hay, vegetables... | Beef, timber. | No |
Charles Heller (Louis Heller's son) brought suit againt the California Railroad for rights to the homestead. He & other settles won suit. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Legal testimony for Louis Heller; Notice of hearing for railroad contest; Typewritten letter; Photocopies of photographs (original homestead before 1900, water wheel, water wheel building, sawmill, threshing, house, barn built in 1920). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Los Angeles, California | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
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 | |||||
CFR0559 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hudel, Jacob Henry | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 4237, Application # 7489. | No |
Sec 24 T 9 S R 2 E, W. M., containing 160 acres. |
Linn |
27463 Hudel Rd, Mill City |
Budlong, James O. | No | Barn and home used for... | Oats, large orchard, chickens... | Beef, trees. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Handwritten and typewritten letters; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 1 |