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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CFR0272 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peery, James H. & Charlotte | 1870 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | David O. & Emily Garland DLC. Not. No. 536, Claim No. 44 | No | No | Linn | Peery, Marguerite M. | No | no. UPDATE 8/01: an E. C.... | Timber, grain. Pink Mission... | Beef cattle, Hereford cattle... | No |
240 acres in original farm. 80 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter-in-law | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0405 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gilliam, Andrew Jackson | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
5 miles SW of Dallas on the Dallas-Falls City Road. |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Andrew Jackson Gilliam; to William Douglas Gilliam (son); to Annis Tilgner (granddaughter). 50 acres of original farm in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0802 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brosnan, Jeremiah | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Brosnan, Jerry; Brosnan, Eddie | No | None of the original... | Horses, Grain, Hay | Cattle, Alfalfa | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Ireland | Ireland | 4 | ||||||||||
CFR0931 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Swanton S. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City; Cert. # 2518; Application # 4851 | No | Washington | Bateman, Donald R. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Timber. | Cattle, Timber, Christmas... | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate; Probate record; Newspaper article; Will of S. S. Bateman. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1170 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Cantrell, William J.; First, Sara A. | Cantrell Ranch | 1881 | 240.00 | 640.00 | 20 | No | Yes | # 2018 | No | Union |
59375 Five Points Creek Road
LaGrande, OR 97850 |
12 Miles West | LaGrande | Howard I. Cantrell | No | Cattle; Chickens; Hogs; Horses | Apples; Corn; Hay | No | Friday, March 4, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Copy of original homestead certificate; Family history narrative; Ranch history timeline; Copies of photographs; Abstract of title; Estate document; Copy of obituary; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great, Great Grandson | Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||
CFR0090 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morrison, Robert | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clatsop | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Newspaper articles |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
CFR0509 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grahm, William & wife | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Paid $100 to Gen. Parmer for squatter's rights to Section. |
Yamhill |
7 miles SE of McMinnville. |
No | 1/2 in prairie and 1/2 on... | No |
200 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0640 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skeels, Chester | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Hughson, Chester F. | No | no | 2 1/2 acres garden. Balance... | Alfalfa, grain, orchard,... | No |
72 acres in original farm. 33 acres 1/3 interest in 22 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0770 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Duncan, George W. and Susan D. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from the Eastern Oregon Land Company |
Malheur | Oakes, Donald (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | None of the original... | Grass hay | Grass hay, Grain | No |
Nancy Duncan married Ed Oakes after the death of her husband, George Duncan. Nancy and Ed Oakes then sold the land to their son, Donald Oakes in 1959. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Excerpt from diary; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Donald is the grandson of George Duncan | Kansas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0058 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Fred | Wright Century Farm | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Wright, Robert R. | No | Old cabin torn down in 1903... | Oats, barley, wheat, hay,... | Beef cattle, hay, pasture. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deeds; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Vermont | 3 |