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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CFR0395 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Read, Hankerson & Jane Read | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 4971, Claim # 63 | No | No | Polk & Yamhill |
North Line of Polk County and South Line of Yamhill County |
No | Original homestead site. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 60 acres of original farm in present farm. Chain of ownership: Hankerson & Jane Read to Malinda Ann (daughter) & James Syron to Minnie Pearl Syron (granddaughter) & Alfred Hill to Glenn Hill (greatgrandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0663 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, Andrew | Butte Creek Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Farm located at: 7001 Monte Cristo, Woodburn |
Anderson, Robert A. | No | no | Hay, dairy cattle. | Peas, cauliflower, grain. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership: Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Norway | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0921 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vanderzanden, John | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Joseph Huber |
Washington | Vanderzanden, Aloysius R. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Grain, Strawberries (... | Blackcap raspberries, Grain | No |
Of the original 140 acres, 60 acres was sold to John's daughter and son-in-law. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Dupere, Wisconsin | Holland | 2 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0360 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Edmunson, Rufus C. | 1863 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
1788 93rd SE, Salem, OR |
Miller, Wilbur W. (Mrs.) | No | no | horses | cherries. 4 acres of... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 52 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter in-law | East Coast | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0499 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parrish, Jesse | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
Fernwood District, SE of Newberg |
Parrish, Elery A. | No | Prunes, walnuts, filberts,... | No |
45 acres in present farm. Jesse Parrish to Jake Parrish (son) to William Parrish (grandson) to Elery Parrish (great grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | |||||||||||||
CFR0630 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Perkins, E. P. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | Perkins, Eugene Brent, Jr. | No | Barn and granary. | grain, hay, cattle, sheep. | Hay, cattle, sheep. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 160 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0760 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Radir, Adam and Margaret | East River Farm | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Smith, Merle Richard; Renter | No | House, barn, granary built c... | Wheat, oats, barley. | Cattle and pasture. Renter... | No |
350 acres in original farm. 110 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0183 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Spores, James Madison | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Spores, Manley A. | No | house and part of the barn | cattle, horses, hops, grain,... | sheep, hay, permanent pasture | No |
320 acres in original farm. 144.06 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0329 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeves, Barthy | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from part of the original George W. Helm DLC |
Marion |
3 miles NW of Jefferson on Talbot Road. |
Reeves, Irene; Reeves, Gilbert H. | No | Barley, Sweet corn | No |
Applicant currently farms 28 acres. 5 acres in barley and 11 acres in sweet corn. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 |