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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CFR0861 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lynch, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Lynch, Edward M. | No | The original house is being... | livestock | wheat, peas, and cattle | No |
Original property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0317 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bashaw, Joseph | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #47 | No | No |
sections 19, 20, 29, 30 in T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion | Son of applicant | No | General farm | No |
Original property was 460 acres. Current applicant owns 160 acres of this land. Original property passed from son of Joseph Bashaw to present owner. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0311 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Fielding and Martha | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 4 in T 5 S R 1 W |
Marion |
One mile S. of Hubbard, Oregon. |
Jones, Grant | No | No |
Original property was 486 acres. The applicant owns 6.25 acres of this original claim. Of the original claim, 120 acres was passed down to Samuel R. Thurston jones (father of the applicant). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | pioneers of 1847 | 0 | ||||||||||||
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 |