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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CFR0208 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crabtree, John J. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 31 and 32 T 10 S R 1 W, W.M., containing 640 acres. |
Linn | Griffin, G. A. | No | No |
G. A. Griffin inherited 20 acres from his mother, Elizabeth Crabtree Griffin and later bought 15 and 28 acre tracts from his uncle, Newton Crabtree. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0335 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riches, George P. S. and Mary J. | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
639.39 acres sections 26, 27, 34, 35 of T7S R1W |
Marion |
12 miles E of Salem in Waldo Hills |
No | No |
George Riches gave the land to his son Charles R. Riches, who became the owner of 373 acres. Applicant is his daughter, and owns 1/7 of original farm (53 acres). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
SFR0035 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Fryer, Alexander | Gordon Zimmerman Farm | 1863 | 500.00 | 83.00 | 83 | No | Yes | W.D Clark Homestead | No | Yamhill |
15000 Hwy 47 Yamhill, OR 97148 |
1.5 | Yamhill, OR | Gabler, Mark | No | See Gordon's book;... | Wheat; Barley; Oats | Grass seed | No |
Gordon Zimmerman holds a life estate interest in the property, has never farmed himself; leased to M. Gabler in 2000 when Gordon Dromgoole's (nephew) health declined and he could not longer farm it. Gordon D. holds the beneficiary interest in the property and will receive it when Gordon Zimmerman passes. Gordon Z. passed away in fall 2016. Gordon D. plans to farm and develop parts of the property for hazelnut production. |
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Will; Deed records; Death certificate; Plat map; A song of Yamhill by Gordon N. Zimmerman; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Gordon Z: G. Grandson of Founder; Gordon D. Great Great Grandson | 2 | |||||||
CFR0341 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stevens, Hanson | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #3059 | No | No |
116 acres T6 S, R 1 W |
Marion |
3 miles west of Mt. Angel, Oregon. Located on the west bank of the Pudding River |
Renter | No | No |
Hanson Stevens passed the property to Isaac Stevens, who passed the property to Willard Stevens -- the father of the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1960 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter; Notarized ownership document; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Keokuk, Iowa | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0073 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Harrison | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Tax lot 24, Harrison Wright DLC T 4 S R 2E W.M. (containing 13 acres) |
Clackamas | Wright, Alfred T. | No | No |
Harrison Wright had a son Reuben Wright, who then had a son Alfred Wright (the applicant). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0719 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kuhl, Peter & Julia | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Kuhl, Philip J., Jr. | No | Ice house and smith shop. | Shorthorn cattle, hay, swine... | Shorthorn cattle, sheep,... | No |
Henry R. Sels was a merchant and prominent figure in early Canyon City. "His daughter, Julia Sels Kuhl, married Peter Kuhl in 1878." (1) NOTE 1: Information for update was provided by the Grant County Historical Society, 8/16/2000. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt of Peter Kuhl from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties"; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0357 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Esson, Alexander & Christina Stevens | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ewing, Evanelle Esson; Renter. | No | No. Ida Esson Memorial... | beef cattle, pigs, corn, oats... | sheep, horses, strawberries,... | No |
In 1861 Alexander Esson purchased the first portion of this farm from Joseph & Virginia Cox. (This is different land) In 1866 he purchased additional land from Milton & Celia B. Young, which was a portion of the John C. Carey DLC. 320 acres in original and present farm. ***8/31/15 Update actual founding date is 1866, as the land purchased from Cox is different than the land from Milton Young (deed is being supplied for records which is the origination of the farm), the property purchased in 1861 was sold prior to purchase of this farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Email correspondence; Handwritten notes; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1605 | granddaughter | Scotland via New York | 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 | ||||||||||
CFR0300 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Miller, Isaac | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 9 Range 2 and 3 West |
Marion |
property is bisected by Sidney Irrigation Canal |
Hamby, Mack; Hamby, Estella | No | At time of application:... | No |
Isaac Miller gave land to his sons samuel and Charles. The part owned by Charles was passed to his daughter, Louisa Miller, Lydia Hoyt, and Emma Lillard. Applicant is the daughter of Emma Lillard. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Indiana | 3 | |||||||||||
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 |