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 |
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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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CFR0932 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Withycombe, James | James Withycombe Farm | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
State Hwy 219 & Grable Road |
Withycombe, Thomas E.; Withycombe, James H. | No | Barn destroyed in 1962... | "The founder, Governor... | Wheat, clover, grain crops | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; Phone message memo; Notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tavistock (Devonshire), England | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0743 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Withers, Peter | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lake | Withers, Alan G. | No | Barn; Woodshed; Smokehouse;... | Cattle, Hay | Cattle, Hay | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Benton County, Oregon | 4 | ||||||||||||
CFR0815 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Anson Evan | Horseshoe Hereford Ranch, Inc. | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Horseshoe Hereford Ranch, Inc. | No | no | Sheep, rye hay. | Cattle, hay, wheat. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Article. See 1990 Stories from Morrow County packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | married to Beth Wright Clark, granddaughter | Oregon | 4 | |||||||||||
CFR0368 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pendleton, D. J. | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Williamson, Robert G.; Williamson, Elizabeth | No | no | Hops, hay, grain. | Chewings Fescue seed; Dairy... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 208 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||
CFR0900 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Magill, John B. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco |
Tygh Valley |
Magill, Owen J. | No | no | Sheep, horses, some cattle. | Cattle, hay, wheat. | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1700 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0996 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Trowbridge, Bradford Cornelius | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
160 acres filed under the Preemption Act |
Grant |
Near City of John Day, Oregon. |
Trowbridge, B. A. | No | 2 barns and 1 cellar. | Vegetables for sale to the... | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
6000 acres in farm at present. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters (including letter from Thomas Vaughan); Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California via Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0687 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKenzie, Robert | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Curry |
Elk River to North |
Wahl, Georgina | No | Burned in 1936 coast fire. | Timber, cows. | Sheep, cattle. | No |
Indians lived on the farm & there is a burial site on the ranch. Brought first "donkey engine" to the area. Had a dairy ranch and shipped butter to San Francisco. 840 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Scotland via Australia | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0733 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Birdseye, David Nelson | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Birdseye, Glenn C.; Birdseye, Victor T., Jr. | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Land patent. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0768 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gilkey, Allen | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Goar, Roy; Goar, Marian | No | None of the original... | Grain | Cattle | No |
It is not known how many times the property has been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Handwritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Kentucky | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0710 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parman, Giles G. | M. Smith Ranch, Inc. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam | Smith, Margaret Parman (Wright) and family | No | Wheat; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Wheat... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Handwritten letter. |
No | No | 0 |