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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CFR0389 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gardner, Samuel J. | 1844 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SW of Dallas in the Bridgeport community |
Gardner, Wiley; Gardner, Kenneth | No | No |
322 acres in original and present farm. Chain of ownership: Samuel Gardner to Chester C. Gardner (his son) to Wiley Gardner (grandson) and Kenneth Gardner (greatgrandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson & great grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0775 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Alexander | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Rice and Jane Dunbar DLC | No | No | Marion | Thompson, James H. | No | no | Fine Fescue, wheat, cattle. | No |
323 1/2 acres in original farm. 112 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | New Jersey | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0753 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davidson, William M. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
Farm located at: 5375 Harris Road |
Davidson, James Stanley | No | Barn | Wheat, hay, fruit, cattle,... | Wheat, grass seed, clover. | No |
330 acres in original farm. 150 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0774 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hovenden, Amos | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
2 miles North of Woodburn |
Hovenden, Howard | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, small... | Small fruits, corn, grain,... | No |
330 acres in original property. 95 acres in present property. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0266 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shedd, Capt. Frank | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Renter | No | The house and barn built in... | hay, grains, fruit, horses,... | ryegrass, blue grass, barley... | No |
334 acres in original farm. 260.72 acres in present farm. Capt. Shedd operated a smithy and woodworking shop on the farm. The land for the town of Shedd was donated by Capt. Shedd. Capt. Shedd purchased the original DLC from Joseph Hite. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0468 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, Solomon | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles SE of Amity on the Bethel Road. |
A renter | No | Two dwellings, a large barn... | Grain, hay, fruit, sheep. | No |
339 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0438 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Creighton, David C. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco | Renken, Richard L. | No | yes | Wheat, hay, apples, peaches,... | Cherries, hay, cattle. | No |
340 acres in original farm. 120 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Endorsement page. Recorded history of David Creighton from An Illustrated History of Central Oregon; Western Historical Publishing Company Publishers; Spokane, Washington, 1905. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Columbus, Ohio | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0182 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Porter, John R. | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane |
Creswell Rt. 1 |
Porter, William W. | No | no | cattle, horses, hogs, grain,... | cattle, hay, timber | No |
340 acres in original farm. 646 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0760 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Radir, Adam and Margaret | East River Farm | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Smith, Merle Richard; Renter | No | House, barn, granary built c... | Wheat, oats, barley. | Cattle and pasture. Renter... | No |
350 acres in original farm. 110 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0129 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dyer, Moses T. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Dyer, Margaret H. | No | no | Hogs, cattle, sheep, grain,... | Cattle | No |
360 acres in original farm. 316.16 acres in present farm. "Moses T Dyer built and operated the first sawmill in Douglas Co. in 1852. It was situated on the left (north) bank of South Myrtle Creek just a few feet up stream from my bridge." |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Addison Co., Vermont | 1 |