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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CFR0823 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kruger, Louisa | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 36 T 2 N R 2 W, W.M. |
Multnomah | Krueger, Raymond J. | No | no | Hay, grain, cattle. | No | Friday, May 1, 1992 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | nephew | Iowa | 3 | ||||||||||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1020 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 222 | No | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4, the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the fractional SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 2 & 3 of Sec 15 T 27 S R 6 W, containing 320 acres. |
Douglas | Scheleen, Donald K. | No | Milkhouse | Cows - had separator - sold... | Beef cattle, chickens, pigs,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Farm history; Donation land claim entry; Deed; Genealogy, Maps. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Indiana | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
CFR1197 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cersovski, Joseph; Cersovski, Theresa | Cersovski Family Farm | 1913 | 161.00 | 86.00 | 86 | No | No | Yes |
Contract of original aquisition of land |
Eastside of Powerline Road and South of Diamond Hill , West of Harris drive |
Linn |
31273 Diamond Hill Dr. Harrisburg OR 97446 |
3 miles | Harrisburg OR | Cersovski, Joseph; Cersovski, Donald; Cersovski, John | No | The first house circa 18623... | Chickens; Cows; Horses; Pigs... | Clover; Grass seed;... | Yes | The Jacob McDaniel House is listed in Linn County Registry of historical buildings | Monday, April 22, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Map of property; Deed of sale; Handwritten letter; Cersovski family history; Digital photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandsons | Czech Republic | Czech | 1 | ||||
CFR0067 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Voss, Joseph and Elizabeth | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
heirs are still living on the 319 and 92/100 acres in the East half of section 5, T 3S, R 1W |
Clackamas | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten and handwritten letters; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR1012 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lathrop, Thomas Madden | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
IN 43, Sec 12 & 13 and IN 44, Sec 7 & 18 |
Wallowa | Lathrop, Melvin Malcolm | No | no | Dairy, hogs, crops. | Wheat, barley, hay, sheep,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead certificate; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0177 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hawley, Ira & Elvira | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Lot # 4 & SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 12 & Lots 2 & 3 & N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 13 all in T 21 S R 4 W, 185.27 acres total. |
Lane |
About 4 miles South of Cottage Grove. |
No | No. Fire destroyed the house... | Fruit; Oats; Vegetables;... | At time of application:... | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family history; Land office receipt. |
Yes | Yes | Mss1604 | granddaughter | Galesburg Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0095 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harmon, L. L. | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Lot 1 of Sec 13 T 28 S R 12 W, W.M. |
Coos | Anderson, Carl; Anderson, Lena | No | no | Horses, cattle, hogs,... | Garden, hay, pasture. | No |
40 acres in original farm. 14.9 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Obituary for Mrs. L. L. Harmon, Myrtle Point Herald, January 25, 1934. Deed dated 1934. Patent for Hester H. Harmon dated Dec. 6, 1924. Application. Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0372 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stanley, Jeremiah | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
lot 96, section 4, T 1 S, R 3 E |
Multnomah | No | No |
Propery passed to son William Stanley, then to son J. Earl Stanley |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten letters (including list of the transfer of property). |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |