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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CFR0864 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rosenberg, Claus H. | The Rosenberg Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Rosenberg, James M. | No | Barn, Chicken house | Wheat | Wheat, Cattle | No |
Original property was divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0312 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Short, John W. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William Price for $1000. |
T 7 S, R 1 |
Marion |
10 miles E. of Salem |
Jones, Thomas; Meyer, Alice | No | None of the original... | Pasture, Timber, Brush | No |
Original proptery was 160 acres. Applicant owns 109 acres of which 59 acres is in cultivation. J. W. Short gave son-in-law T. A. Jones land in 1901. Son W. A. Jones received land in 1916, and in 1955 applicant Thomas Jones received land from estate. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Great Grandchildren in law | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0841 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Charles W. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Sherman |
5 miles East of Moro on Monkland Road |
Thompson, Ronald D. | No | Barn. | Wheat, hay, cattle. | Wheat, barley. | No |
Owners of the Monkland farm: Donald D. Thompson 1/2; Norma Cushing 1/6; Lois Murphy 1/6; Priscilla Wilson 1/6. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family genealogy; Photocopies of photographs (photo of Monkland, 1893, photo of C.W. Thompson & Family, 1893); Deeds; Homestead certificates. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belknap, Ransom A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
near the town of Monroe |
Belknap, Foster G. | No | House built in 1855 remains,... | No |
Part of the farm was sold during the years, but the 40 acres where the original home was placed is owned by applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
There is a letter by M. M. Belknap who supports his brother's claim to Century Farm status. Letter contains some family history information. Notarized ownership document; Letter from M. M. Belknap; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
Yes | No | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0074 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Yergen, Augustus | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
S. 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 27 T3S R1W |
Clackamas | No | No |
Part of the property is also in Marion County. Property owned jointly between applicant, sister Mrs. John Kister, and cousin Philip Yergen. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten and typewritten letters; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0123 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
End of Calkins Road. |
Moore, Harlan (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | sheep | No |
Portions of the farm were rented. 104 acres in original farm. 35 acres in current farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0728 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Myer, W. C. | 1870 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Billings, John S. | No | Barn with some additions.... | Jersey cows (first Jersey... | Hay crops, beef cattle. | No |
Possibly several 1000 acres in original farm. 150 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles; "The Best Draft Horse", brochure by W. C. Myer. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas City, Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0807 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lindsay, John and Catherine Anne (Winters) Kincaid | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Kincaid, Lindsay J.; Kincaid, Diana M. | No | Two barns used for storage | Wheat, Cattle, Mules, Horses... | Dryland wheat, Barley, Cattle... | No |
Property has been divided once. The first crop grown on the land was 25 acres of wheat. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Note; Article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Antioch, Ohio by way of Hays, Kansas | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1016 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fritz Koopman | 1884 | No | No | No | Baker | Halfway | Gulick, Stanley; Gulick, Grace | No | Garden; General farming;... | Cattle. | No |
Property is listed on application as being on Moody Lane. This street has since been renamed Koopman Lane. |
Saturday, May 1, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead history; Certificate of Water Right. |
Yes | Yes | Stanley Gulick is great grandson of Fritz Koopman. Grace Gulick is widow of Charles Gulick, another great grandson. |