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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CFR0414 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Griffith, B. L. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SE of Independence |
Wells, Perry A. | No | Hay, grain, cattle. Original... | Cherries, prunes, pears,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 168 acres in present farm. A warehouse was located on the banks of the Willamette for shipping produce. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0682 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Nathan and Emily | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos | Smith, Stian Elihu | No | no | Milked cows, made cheese,... | Dairy cattle (grade A), some... | No |
300 acres in original farm. 119 acres in present farm. Farm divided 4 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0099 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Slayton, Samuel Ransom | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Land grant. Sec 34 T 14 S R 16 E WM |
Crook | Graffenberger, Mabel Slayton | No | Original property had a log... | Livestock, cattle, horses,... | Cattle, hay, grain, potatoes | No |
160 acres in original farm. 431 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Typewritten letters; Certification of ownership; Claimant testimony; Copy of land claim document; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | S. Woodstock, Vermont via Western Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0249 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Penland, Henry | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0519 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lamson, Jeramiah | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0650 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Aden, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Midway between Stafford and Wilsonville |
Aden, Alton K.; Graves, Elva A. | No | yes | cleared in preparation for... | Small grains, hay, filberts. | No |
94 acres in original farm. 49.68 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0908 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jurgens, William | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Martinazzi, Arthur J. | No | no | Two cows, pair of oxen, three... | Charlolais cattle, family... | No |
140 acres in original farm. 134 acres in present farm. Farm divided 8 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany, grandmother from Bohemia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1039 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Deardorff, Flem & Sara Manwaring | Byars-Deardorff ranch | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | No | Section of old blacksmith... | Willows (?) planted in 1873... | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Handwritten letter; Newspaper articles (including article provided by Mrs. Nadia Schultz in 1999 from Oregon Journal, Monday, October 27, 1969. |
No | No | son | Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0617 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, Rascellas | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Morris, Manford J. | No | Grain; Draft horses; Hogs;... | At time of application:... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application: Statement form; Fax memo; Article on farm history; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0876 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Teel, John and Elvira | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla |
1/4 mile W of Echo |
Spike, Robert | No | no | Cattle | Cattle, wheat, alfalfa hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Abstract of Title; Map; Deeds; Excerpt (Bio of John & O. D. Teel) from "The Centennial History of Oregon"; Newspaper article; Umatilla County Census information. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Fort Scott, Kansas | 3 |