| 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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| CFR0840 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Martin, Leroy H. and Amanda | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1409 | No |
See attached legal description. |
Sherman |
3 3/4 miles SE of Moro. |
Martin, Robert L. | No | no | Barley, oats, wheat, cattle,... | Barley, wheat, cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds, Legal description of property; Excerpt from "History of Central Oregon" (Bios of Leroy H. Martin and his father, John Rusco Martin). |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Robert L. Martin) | Umatilla County | Scotish | 2 | ||||||||
| CFR0671 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sturm, William (Wilhelm) | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachment for complete discription. |
Clackamas | Heerdt, Yolanda | No | House, barn | Chickens, cows, crops, oats,... | Hay, pasture. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications; Deeds; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandniece | Germany | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0665 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Berber, Jr., Jacob and Aurelia Gerber | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See Attachment for complete discription. |
Clackamas | Dunn, Melinda; Dunn, Clinton | No | no | Christmas trees, grass seed. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandchild | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0778 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ryan, Joseph J. | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachments for description. |
Marion | Ryan, Francis X. | No | no | Hops, grain. | Cannery crops, grain. | No |
222 acres in original farm. 125 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Title insurance. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0779 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Egan, William H. | Mount View Farm | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachments for description. |
Marion |
8 miles N of Salem. |
Egan, Helen D. | No | House built in 1922. White... | Grains, fruit, cows, pigs,... | Grain, hay, crimson clover. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 40 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Title abstract, Chain of Title, Deed; Biographical excerpt of William H. Egan from "The Centennial History of Oregon." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Wisconsin | Irish | 3 | |||||||
| CFR0951 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cary, Joseph John (a.k.a. Job or Jobe) | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachments. |
Yamhill | Williams, Hugh Ed; Williams, Stephan; Williams, Alice Kolene | No | no | Oats, hay for livestock, hops. | Hay, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Excerpt from "History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon (Vol. 3)"; Newspaper articles; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Yamhill County, Oregon | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR0606 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Amacher, Fred and Ernest F. Ricco, Sr. | Ricco Ranches | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See land deeds. |
Grant |
Approx. 4 miles NE of Prairie City, Oregon. |
Voigt, Pat; Voigt, Hedy | No | Old blacksmith shop. | Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley,... | Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley. | No |
"In 1897 Fred Amancher acquired a homestead a few miles N of Prarie City. He convinced his sister and brother-in-law, Ernest R ico, in 1898, to come and partner up with him on the ranch. After two years or so Fred had had enough and left the country." (1) |
Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Deeds; Real property descriptions; Typewritten letter. |
No | No | MISSING APPLICATION | granddaughter & grandson-in-law | Portland, Oregon | Austrian | 3 | |||||||
| CFR0556 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Joseph Henry Grattan and Della Mae Keerins | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. # 329, Application # 3607. | No |
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 20, N 1/2 NW 1/4 and SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 29 T 16 S R 27 E, W.M. |
Grant |
50 or 60 miles from Canyon City in the Izee Country (1) |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.) | No | no | Grazing, sheep, cattle,... | Grazing, cattle, horses. | No |
Note 1: Information provided by the Grant County Historical Society 8/16/2000. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Deed; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead certification; Citizen Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof Testimony; Homestead Application; Obituary. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | |||||||
| CFR1001 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kelsey, Lorenzo S. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 31 T 6 S R 39 E , W.M. containing 35.29 acres. |
Union | Parker, Gifford H. | No | 12x14 rough board cabin, now... | Irrigated pasture, sometimes... | Irrigated pasture which also... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter; Parker v. Kelsey transcript; Probate record; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Land awards. Final Account for the Estate of Violet Parker. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tocele, Utah | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0060 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wakefield, Louisa | Wakefield Farms, LLC | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of SE 1/4: the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. Also the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 12 and the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 13 in T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. |
Lincoln |
Four miles East of Eddyville, North of Hwy 20. |
Wakefield, Rex (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Root cellar and chicken house. | Vegetables, apples, cows,... | Timber, hay, cows, vegetables. | No |
Brown Hawkins was listed as owner along with Louisa Wakefield. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Correspondence; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Long Lake, Minnisota | 0 |
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