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 |
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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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CFR0141 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chavner, Thomas | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Sec 10 T 36 S R 1 E. | No | Yes |
Purchased more land later and added it to original property. |
T 36 R 3 W Sections 14-15, 22-23 about 700 acres total |
Jackson | Thompson, Chavner | No | Hay, Grain, Cattle, Pasture | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. Memo re: ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR1030 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Case, William Jasper | Rowen Farms | 1901 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. H. Hughes & Mary C. Hughes |
Sec 17 (NE corner) T 2 S R 39 E |
Union | Case, Rodney; Case, Wendy | No | Barn, machine shop, old... | Hay, wheat, milk cows, horses... | Hay, wheat, barley, grass... | No | Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Photograph (Wedding photo of William & Ella Case); Deeds; Photocopy of aerial photographs; Family Group Record. Aerial photo of farm c. 1940. Aerial photo 2000. |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | grandson | Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0867 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Temple, William P. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William and Alice Kreemer |
Umatilla |
Stage Gulch |
Cresswell, Robert Temple; Cresswell, Donald M. | No | "Not sure. There is a... | Wheat | Wheat, Barley | No |
The original property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family reunion brochure; Family history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR1195 | Benjamin Schuster Kerns | Kerns Ranches | 1899 | 4,000.00 | 1,800.00 | 1,800 original, 300 Ft Klamath and 3,000 in CA | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
T 39, R 8, S 27 |
Klamath |
9350 Hwy 66, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 |
7 | Klamath Falls | E.G. Kerns Ranches LLC | No | Cattle and grass hay | Cattle, alfalfa hay, grass... | No |
Family history, photos, legal documents |
No | Yes | OSU | great, great grandson | New Jersey | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | |||||||
CFR0982 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Messal Sr., William | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Rosie Messal |
T 36 R2E Section 8 |
Jackson | Peile, Maxine | No | Original barn is still... | Hay, Cattle, Garden pigs | Cattle, Sheep, Pasture | No |
"Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten letters; Newspaper article; Excerpt from "A History of Eagle Point"; Typewritten letter; Birth certificate; Marriage certificate; Chain of title; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great niece by marriage | Germany ["Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen"] ["Bayern Province"] | Germany | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1304 | Century Farm | Walter Bailey | Orchard View | 1923 | 100.00 | 3,485.00 | All | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
not given |
Wasco |
4055 Skyline Rd. The Dalles OR 97058 |
45.577524; -121.216951 | n/a | The Dalles | Brenda Thomas | Yes | First home built in 1928 by... | Apples, pears, cherries,... | Fresh Cherries few acres in... | No | Thursday, April 20, 2023 | 2023 |
Flash drive of materials/photos, maps, narrative, family tree with succession, |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great granddaughter | n/a | n/a | 2 |