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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CFR0767 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crooks, Samuel T. | Hoefer Farms | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Viola Johnson |
Linn | Hoefer, Leslie; Hoefer, Jack | No | A barn | Wheat, Cattle, Horses, Pigs,... | Wheat, Barley, Garlic,... | No |
Original farm has been divided 4 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application. Genealogy notes, copy from family bible, quitclaim deed, property assessment, maps, purchase receipt. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Great Grandfather | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0347 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Fielding and Martha | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
sec. 4 T 5s R 1W a total of 5.5 acres |
Marion |
one mile south of Hubbard, Oregon |
Zeek, Rilla Jones | No | No |
Original DLC was 486 acres. 120 acres was passed down to the father of the applicant (Samuel R. Thurston Jones) and then 5.5 acres was passed down to applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0262 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Newton, Samuel C. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Newton, Darrel | No | No. Original log house and... | hay, livestock | hay, livestock | No |
Original 160 acres still farmed. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Biographical accounts; Photographs; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0224 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ketchum, Walter M. & Laura | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 of T 11 S R 2 W, containing 639.91 acres. |
Linn | Mullen, Harold K.; Mullen, Lydia | No | No |
On the death of Walter and Laura Ketchum the land went to C. S. Mullen, husband of Emma Ketchum. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0230 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Russell, Newton & Susan L. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 41 in Sec 33 & 34 T 13 S R 1 E and Sec 3 & 4 T 14 S R 1 E, W.M., containing 322 acres. | No | No | Linn | Russell, Edgar S. | No | No |
Oliver H. Russell, Newton Russell's son, was deed 119 acres; this was eventually purchased by his son, Edgar Russell. 19 acres of the original farm are still operated by the family. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0921 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vanderzanden, John | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Joseph Huber |
Washington | Vanderzanden, Aloysius R. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Grain, Strawberries (... | Blackcap raspberries, Grain | No |
Of the original 140 acres, 60 acres was sold to John's daughter and son-in-law. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Dupere, Wisconsin | Holland | 2 | |||||||||
CFR1184 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Balin, Mary | Balin Ranch | 1910 | 100.00 | 800.00 | 800 | No | Yes | No |
40S Range 09E, WM Section 13 |
Klamath |
13600 Homedale Road
Klamath Falls, OR 97603 |
42*06'N43.06'W | 10 | Klamath Falls | Balin Family | No | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | No |
Note Hal Balin passed away before the awards ceremony on 9/1/12. |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Organic beef label; Aerial photograph; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Son | Kansas | 3 | ||||||
CFR0556 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Joseph Henry Grattan and Della Mae Keerins | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. # 329, Application # 3607. | No |
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 20, N 1/2 NW 1/4 and SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 29 T 16 S R 27 E, W.M. |
Grant |
50 or 60 miles from Canyon City in the Izee Country (1) |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.) | No | no | Grazing, sheep, cattle,... | Grazing, cattle, horses. | No |
Note 1: Information provided by the Grant County Historical Society 8/16/2000. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Deed; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead certification; Citizen Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof Testimony; Homestead Application; Obituary. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | |||||||
CFR0948 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dundas, Jr., James | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from C.L. and Alice Easterbrook |
Yamhill | Dundas, Roy W., Jr. | No | One barn, one grainery, house... | Red Chaff wheat, dairy cattle... | Row crops (green bush beans,... | No |
NOTE 1: Application says "won siler medal and award for red chaff whear in sheaf at 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition." Land has been divided -- "one parcel to Pope and talbot for roadway and log boom, one parcel to Roy and Patricia Dundas." |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewrittten letters; 1985 award application notice; Naturalization papers for James Dundee Jr. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0970 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gooding, Nicholaus | Gooding Farms, Inc. | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John Gooding |
Marion | Gooding, William E. | No | None of the original... | Wheat, Oats, Barley, Corn,... | Row crops (beans, corn,... | No |
Nicholaus Gooding also operated a blacksmith shop on the property. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Indiana | France (Alsace Lorraine) | 2 |