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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CFR0210 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hamilton, Joseph & Caroline | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Linn | Hamilton, John; Hamilton, J.A. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0351 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keaton, Robert | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Handwritten letters; Farm history; Newspaper article. |
No | No | Mss 1604 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0489 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lamson, Jeramiah | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 2 S R 7 W |
Yamhill |
1 mile W of Willamina |
Lamson, Edward D.; Lamson, Florence A. | No | Barn framed of hand hewn... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0621 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Applegate, Albert; Johnson, Joseph F. | Joseph F Johnson Cen/Fm 1884; Al Applegate Cen/Fm 1883 | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Johnson, Dale F. | No | Cows; Sheep. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Applications; Statement forms; Homestead certificates; Plot maps; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0751 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benninger, William James and Ida Florence | Benninger Farm | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
All of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 35 T 15 S R 7 W, containing 80 acres. |
Lane | Norman May family; Benninger Farm Corporation | No | Destroyed by fire. | Timber, hay, fruit trees,... | Polled Herefords, hay, garden... | No |
Railroad land. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Note; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Benninger family history; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Travis City, Michigan | 4 | |||||||||
CFR0880 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, John S. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Union |
5 miles west of North Powder |
Renter | No | Many original split rail... | Hay, grain, horses, mules,... | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1300 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt from "Union and Wallowa Counties"; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Midland, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0039 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, Andrew | 1860 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Rickard, Glen; Rickard, Ellie; Renter | No | Old house used as shed. | Common Vetch; Oats; Wheat;... | Beets; Squash; Horses; Pigs;... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 48.2 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0172 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bailey, George | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Bailey, George H. | No | Grain; Hay; Seed crops;... | At time of application: Sheep. | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0318 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skaife, John and Mariette | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
7 miles W of Gervais on Fairfield road |
Marthaler, Freeman | No | General farming, Cattle,... | No |
Applicant's mother Margaret Ann Skaife Marthaler was born in the log cabin on the property. Original owners came from Missouri by oxen wagon in 1854 and lived near Woodburn a short time before settling on the farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |