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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CFR1001 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kelsey, Lorenzo S. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 31 T 6 S R 39 E , W.M. containing 35.29 acres. |
Union | Parker, Gifford H. | No | 12x14 rough board cabin, now... | Irrigated pasture, sometimes... | Irrigated pasture which also... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter; Parker v. Kelsey transcript; Probate record; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Land awards. Final Account for the Estate of Violet Parker. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tocele, Utah | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1007 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parker, Jonathan H. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | Warner, Fred Jay; Warner, Carl A. | No | Barley; Hay; Pasture;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | No | Missing | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR1008 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Matthew | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.) | No | No - fire burned. | Sheep, cattle, pasture, horses | Cattle, pasture | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Citizen certification; Homestead application; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | niece-in-law | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1009 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, David | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | no | Timber, pasture, sheep,... | Pasture, cattle, horses. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Obituary; Typewritten letter; Grant County record of filings on land; Timber culture certificate; Biographical excerpt from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
CFR1011 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Buhler, Jacob B. | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached deeds. |
Polk |
Salt Creek area |
Buhler, Clarence L. | No | no | Cattle, horses, chickens. | Poultry (fryers), grain. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Russia | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1012 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lathrop, Thomas Madden | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
IN 43, Sec 12 & 13 and IN 44, Sec 7 & 18 |
Wallowa | Lathrop, Melvin Malcolm | No | no | Dairy, hogs, crops. | Wheat, barley, hay, sheep,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead certificate; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1013 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Huffman, John W. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa |
15 miles E of Joseph |
Bird, David P. | No | House, barn, woodshed. | Cattle, hay, pasture, various... | Pasture, cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds; Probate records. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Eastern USA | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR1014 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shull, Benjamin C. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos |
3 miles SE of Myrtle Point on Broadbent Road at HC 84, Box 2B42 |
Guerin, Arlene R. | No | no | Dairy, hogs, corn, grass hay. | Lifestock (beef), grass hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | North Carolina | 0 |