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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CFR0813 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bergstrom, Olof | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 3 S R 24 Sec 32 NWQ, Sec 29 SWQ, Sec 33 E1/2 |
Morrow | Becket, Ronald | No | no | Wheat, oats | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. See "Stories of Century Farm Families in Morrow County" packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1113 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olson, John; Olson, August | Olson Farms | 1905 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T One South, R Three East, S 34 |
Clackamas |
4 miles from Gresham |
4 miles | Gresham | Olson, Donald W. | No | Original house that was on... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes;... | Corn; Nursery stock; Pumpkins... | No | Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed; Copies of photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Wilbur Olson (son of August); Donald Olson (grandson of August) | Sweden | Swedish | 2 | ||||||
CFR1147 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peterson, Aaron | Peterson Ranch | 1907 | 0.00 | 1,305.00 | 1305 | No | No | No |
T 3, R 24E, S 8 |
Morrow |
15 miles south of Ione; East of Willamette Meridian |
15 miles | Ione | Peterson, Herbert Luther; Peterson, Todd H.; Peterson, Treve H. | No | Original homestead home has... | Barley; Wheat; Cattle; Sheep | Wheat; Cattle | No | Monday, June 1, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history letter; Newspaper article; Legal description of property; Copy of homestead certificate; Copy of photograph with handwritten description |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Aaron Peterson. Great grandsons, Todd and Treve Peterson, currently work the land | Sweden | Swedish | 1 | ||||||
CFR1024 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jernstedt, Frank Theodore | Frank Theodore Jernstedt Farm | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 25 T 3 S R 4 W |
Yamhill | No | Barn built by James Fenton (... | Wheat, oats, red clover (hay... | Wheat, oats, barley, grass... | No |
This farm the second farm owned by Frank & Anna Jernstedt. See CFR0552 for information of the 1st farm. |
Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Yamhill County Cultural Resources Inventory entry; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden via Kansas and Colorado | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0552 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jernstedt, Frank Theodore | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Jernstedt, Ernest F. | No | no | Wheat, oats, hops. | Primarily Wheat and crimson... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Narrative (farm history narrative); Deeds, birth certificates; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandchildren | Sweden via Kansas and Colorado | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0695 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Martindale, Alston | Martindale Century Farm | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Bright, Harold | No | no | Cattle, horses, hogs, poultry... | Different hay crops, gardens... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 40 acres in present farm. Farm divided 6 times. Donated 1 acre for cemetary. Built fort agains Indian attacks. Ran stage station from home. Alston was postmaster for the Valley from 1879-1898. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switerland County, Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR1183 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Luethe, Samuel | Sam Luethe Farm | 1907 | 40.00 | 20.00 | 12 | No | No | No |
Deed |
T 1N, R 1W, S 5 |
Multnomah |
11303 NW Skyline Blvd., Portland, OR 97231 |
Portland | Walkley, Mark K. | No | Hay; Potatoes; Wheat; Cattle | Fruit; Hay; Timber; Vegetables | No | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Map; Aerial photograph; Copies of photographs; Property ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Switzerland | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0397 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ritner, Sebastian R.; Ritner, Sarah | 1844 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Certification # 4582 & Certification # 4728 | No | No |
Sec 4, 5, 8, 9 T 10 S R 6 W, W.M., containting 320.58 acres (Sebastian Ritner). Sec 5 T 10 S R 6 W, W.M., containing 159.75 acres (Sarah Ritner) |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Sebastian & Sarah Ritner to John Ritner (son) to Rittie Kerber (granddaughter) |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0795 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bochsler, Joseph | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the N 1/2 of Sec 35 T 5 S R 1 W, W.M., 160 acres. Addisen Black DLC. |
Marion | Bochsler, C. E.; Bochsler, A. M. | No | no | Dairy cows, hay, grain. | Berries, cattle, hogs. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten and handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1153 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Neiger, Henry Sr. | Cherry Farm | 1909 | 360.00 | 158.00 | 100 | No | No | Yes |
Deed Record # 51 Polk County |
T 6S, R 3W |
Polk |
6490 Wallace Rd. Salem, OR |
4 miles NW | Salem | Cherry, Helen M.; Cherry, David | No | Corn; Grain; Hay; Hops; Dairy... | Grass hay; Sheep | No | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Copies of aerial photographs; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Granddaughter | Switzerland | Swiss | 2 |