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 |
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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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CFR0974 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kramer, Jacob | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Le Grand, Cert. #2085, Application #3422 | No |
T 1 S, R 30 E |
Umatilla |
13 miles west of Pilot Rock |
Widner, Gary; Widner, Patricia; Widner, Michael | No | None of the original... | Dryland wheat, Barley, Cattle | Dryland wheat, Barley, Cattle | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Nevada City, California | 1 | |||||||||
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 | ||||
CFR0271 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jenks, James Benton | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No. 52. Notification No. 2004. Homestead of Charles & Lucy Ann Williams. | No | Linn | Jenks, Marlowe D.; Jenks, Melvin C. | No | Part of original home | Wheat, oats, cheat, barley,... | Poultry, grass seed. | No |
139 acres in original farm. 215 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Fillmore, Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
CFR0927 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Charles | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert. #2714, Application # 5457 | Yes |
Purchased from several persons |
Washington | Bateman, Charles R.; Bateman, Louis (Lewis) K. | No | None of the original... | Primarily Forest Products | No |
This property is still intact except for the highway right-of-way. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand nephew (settler was grandfather's brother) | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||
CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 | ||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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 |