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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CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 3 | |||||
CFR1315 | Century Ranch | John S. Gulick | Gulick Ranch | 1903 | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160 | No | No | Yes |
Deed record |
T8S R46E S23 |
Baker |
39486 Pine Town Lane Halfway OR 97834 |
3 miles | Halfway OR | Stan Gulick | Yes | First house 1910, still in... | Horses, cattle | Cattle, Hay crops, cow calf... | No | Sunday, March 24, 2024 | 2024 |
Photos, deed records, family narr. but is very short; Title report, family tree, maps |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | not given | not given | 1 | ||||||
CFR1202 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Johnson, Katherine Gaffney | J T Walton Ranch | 1901 | 360.00 | 10,000.00 | 10000 | No | No | Yes |
Sale/Deed Contract 1901 |
T8S R31 S17 & 20 |
Grant |
42901 Hwy 395 N Long Creek OR97856 |
15 miles | Long Creek, OR | Walton, Joseph Timothy | Yes | They tore down the original... | Grain; Grass hay; Cows | Hay; Cattle | No | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and ranch history narrative; Handwritten property sale record; Property transfer record; Map of property boundary; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | 1 | |||||||
CFR1218 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fisher, Theodore; Fisher, Lucinda | Fisher Patterson | 1915 | 80.00 | 356.00 | 217 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed records |
T8S R1W West of Willamette Meridian Section |
Marion |
13835 Waldo Hills Dr. SE Sublimity OR 97385 |
6 miles | Sublimity, OR | Patterson, Terry; Patterson, Katherine | Yes | First house built in 1917;... | Alfalfa; Clover; Grain;... | Grain; Grass Hay; Grass seed | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Map; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||
CFR1260 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alois & Ceclia Beitel | The Beitel Farm | 1915 | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160 | No | No | No |
T8S R1W S36 |
Marion |
14686 Coon Hollow Rd. SE Stayton OR 97383 |
1/2 mile | Sublimity | John J Beitel and son John R. Beitel | No | Built in 1900; damaged by... | Cows, sheep, pigs, horses,... | Chewings Fescue; Perennial... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application materials in total |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson John J great grandson John R | 2 | ||||||||
CFR1240 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | William H. and Charles H. Colton | Charles M. Colton & Sons | 1917 | 480.00 | 320.00 | 320 | No | No | No |
T8 R40 EW S4/5 |
Baker |
45887 Slough Rd. Baker City OR 97814 |
8 miles | Baker City OR | Robert & Lorene Colton and son Michael Colton wife Kathy | Yes | 1st house not known but burnt... | Pasture, sheep for meat/wool... | grass hay cattle | No | Saturday, April 29, 2017 | 2017 |
Deeds, photos, maps, narrative |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Robert Great grandson, Michael great great grandson of William H. | 2 | ||||||||
CFR1313 | Century Farm | Julius Villwock | Villwock Farm | 1910 | 60.00 | 205.00 | 205 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T7S R5W S7 |
Polk |
14970 Salt Creed Rd. Dallas OR 97338 |
not given | 6 miles | Dallas OR | Clarence Villwock | Yes | 1868 barn still used; stores... | Prune orchard, Cherry orchard... | Removed orchards; now raise... | No | Friday, April 26, 2024 | 2024 |
deed records, digital photos, family tree succession, family narrative, application |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Eugene Villwock was great grandson of Founder Julius Villwock; Mabel Villwock is great granddaughter in law | Germany | German | 4 | |||||
CFR1252 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johann Gottlieb Kuenzi | J.G. Kuenzi Farm, H.M.K. | 1917 | 247.50 | 110.00 | 110 | No | No | No |
T7S R1W S17 & 20 |
Marion |
2103 Hubbard Rd. NE Silverton OR 97381 |
10 miles South | Silverton OR | Kuenzi Brothers Farms LLC Lyle and Nelson Kuenzi | Yes | Original home built in 1923;... | Timber, logging, slash/burn,... | Grass Seed, diversified berry... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application materials, narrative, photos, maps etc. |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great grandsons | Switzerland | Swiess | 2 | ||||||
CFR1225 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, John H.; Davenport, Mollie Markland | Alder Glade Farm | 1916 | 85.21 | 85.21 | 85.21 | No | No | No |
T7S R1W S11-12 |
Marion |
3873 & 3875 Victor Point Rd. Silverton OR 97381 |
1 mile | Silverton, OR | Davenport, Kenneth M.; Davenport, Earl T. | Yes | first house was built in... | Hay; Grain; Corn; Jersey... | Border Cheviot sheep; Wagyu... | No | Friday, April 1, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Family charts; Deed records; Aerial photograph; Photographs; Obituary |
Yes | No | MSS ORCFRP | Grandsons | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1307 | Century Farm | Luther John Chapin & Nellie Eliza Muscott Chapin | Chapin Ag Lands | 1924 | 99.00 | 1,500.00 | 1500 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed |
T6S R3W S10,14,15 |
Marion |
591 Salmon St. N Salem OR 97303 |
45 03'04.93"N 123 01'52.40''W | 2 miles | Keizer OR | Ron & Shelley Chapin | Yes | Original farm house (late... | 15 Jersey Cow Dairy, chickens... | The farm produces hazelnuts,... | No | Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 2024 |
Flash drive with photos, |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Grandson | Ohio | 2 |