| 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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| CFR0881 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rynearson, William & John | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the W 1/2 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 38 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Union | Rynearson, G. W. | No | Original house still in use,... | Barley, wheat, oats, hogs,... | Wheat, barley, alfalfa,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 21 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 6 times. Indians, led by Black Hawk, spent summers on the property. 1st road built by Union Co. divided the Ryearson land. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Last will and testament; Newspaper article; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0693 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Alpheus | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 21-28 T 22 R 8 |
Douglas | Renter | No | House and granary. | Wheat, oats, hay, sheep, hogs... | Cattle. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 118 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 4 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Pennsylvania | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR0080 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, David C. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas |
7 miles South East of Canby |
Morris, James H.; Morris, Mary W. | No | no | cattle, sheep, wheat, oats,... | grass for pasture and hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 39.27 acres in present farm. David Morris bought 320 acres from Louis & Johanna Behrens on May 16, 1864. The Behrens homesteaded in 1857. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0394 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Flickinger, Henry | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC of Andrew Chamberlain and wife | No | No |
T 9 & 10 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Polk | Henery, Yvonne A.; Henery, Donald | No | Grain, stock | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Biographical account of Henry Flickinger. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Pennsylvania to California | German | 0 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0837 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Richelderfer, Henry | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. #567. NE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 1 N R 17 E of W.M., containing 159 acres. | No | Sherman | Richelderfer, Malcolm; Richelderfer, Theron | No | Barn, shop, warehouse and... | Wheat, oats, cattle, pigs | Wheat, barley, cattle | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; 1990 Century Farm Program rules; Homestead certificate, Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Pennsylvania, Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
| SFR0028 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Morris, Eliam; Morris, Susannah | Three Branches, LLC | 1852 | 318.00 | 68.40 | 60 | Yes | 1330 | No | No |
T2-R4-S6 |
Yamhill |
10670 Oak Ridge Rd. Yamhill OR |
1 1/2 miles | Yamhill, OR | Three Branches LLC | No | First house built in 1853-54... | Barley; Oats; Wheat; Cattle;... | Clover; Grass seed; Hazelnuts | No | Monday, April 28, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Email to Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; List of family members; Maps of property; Yamhill County sales data; Copies of photographs; Family history information; Excerpt from "History of Oregon"; Newspaper articles; Farm history narrative; Original century farm application; Excerpt from "Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Volume 1"; Map of property; Copy of original Donation Land Claim certificates; Architectural drawings; Index card for Historic American Buildings Survey; Photographs; Plat map |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandchildren | Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon | Denmark | 0 | |||||
| CFR1165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Silbernagel, Joseph; Silbernagel, Frances | Silbernagel Farm | 1907 | 252.00 | 230.00 | 150 | No | No | Yes |
Estate transfer |
T 9S, R 1E, S 8 |
Marion |
10508 Silbernagel Rd., Stayton, OR 97383 |
4 Miles | Stayton | Silbernagel, Paul | Yes | Cowbarn for milking, pig barn... | Corn; Grain; Hay; Chickens;... | Grain; Grass seed; Hay; Cows... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Estate document |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandson | Perham, Minnesota | German | 1 | |||||
| CFR0904 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ingels, Patrick C. | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 13 E, containing 120 acres. |
Wasco |
13 miles SW of Dufur, Oregon. |
Smith, Keith | No | barn | Wheat, barley. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family Birth Register; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Petaluma, California | 0 |
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