| 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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| CFR0060 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wakefield, Louisa | Wakefield Farms, LLC | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of SE 1/4: the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. Also the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 12 and the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 13 in T 11 S R 9 W containing 160 acres. |
Lincoln |
Four miles East of Eddyville, North of Hwy 20. |
Wakefield, Rex (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Root cellar and chicken house. | Vegetables, apples, cows,... | Timber, hay, cows, vegetables. | No |
Brown Hawkins was listed as owner along with Louisa Wakefield. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Correspondence; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Long Lake, Minnisota | 0 | ||||||||
| CFR0687 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKenzie, Robert | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Curry |
Elk River to North |
Wahl, Georgina | No | Burned in 1936 coast fire. | Timber, cows. | Sheep, cattle. | No |
Indians lived on the farm & there is a burial site on the ranch. Brought first "donkey engine" to the area. Had a dairy ranch and shipped butter to San Francisco. 840 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Scotland via Australia | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0892 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wade, Samuel | Wade Farm | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 13 T 1 S R 43 E, W.M. |
Wallowa | Wade, Merton S. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | House built c. 1882. | Cattle, horses, hay, oats. | Cattle, wheat, barley, hay. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 3473.10 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Historical summary; Homestead certificate; Obituary for Mrs. J. Reavis. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR0836 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | von Borstel, Carsten | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | # 5532. E 1/2 Sec 13 T 4 S R 16 E, W.M., containing 320 acres. | No | Sherman |
Farm located at: Star Route Box 43, Grass Valley, OR 97029 |
von Borstel, Lee | No | no | Vegetables, hay | Alfalfa hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Claim description and claim list from "Claims of certain settlers in Sherman County, Oreg."; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0606 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Amacher, Fred and Ernest F. Ricco, Sr. | Ricco Ranches | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See land deeds. |
Grant |
Approx. 4 miles NE of Prairie City, Oregon. |
Voigt, Pat; Voigt, Hedy | No | Old blacksmith shop. | Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley,... | Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley. | No |
"In 1897 Fred Amancher acquired a homestead a few miles N of Prarie City. He convinced his sister and brother-in-law, Ernest R ico, in 1898, to come and partner up with him on the ranch. After two years or so Fred had had enough and left the country." (1) |
Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Deeds; Real property descriptions; Typewritten letter. |
No | No | MISSING APPLICATION | granddaughter & grandson-in-law | Portland, Oregon | Austrian | 3 | |||||||
| CFR0548 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kern, C. A. | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of Sec 33 in T5 N R 33 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Umatilla |
2 miles N of Helix on Vansycle Road |
Verne Hutchinson family | No | Barn, chicken house, machine... | Wheat, barley, hay to feed... | Wheat, barley. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Verne's mother, Lois Kern Hutchinson, was the neice of C. A. Kern (her father's brother) | Missouri | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR1076 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | VanGilder, Milon A. | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1N, R 16, S 12 |
VanGilder, Raymond; VanGilder, Bryan | No | Cattle; Chickens; Pigs. | At time of application:... | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Application guidelines; Family history; Excerpt from "History of Central Oregon"; Photocopy of photograph; Deed; Maps. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| SFR0026 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Dobbins, Flemming; Corey, James Calvin | VanDomelen Family Farm | 1851 | 320.00 | 13.00 | 13 | Yes | No. 43, Notification Number 7851, Cert. No. 1315 | No | Yes |
Flemming Dobbins is said to be Father of John Dobbins father of Louisa Dobbins Corey who married George Corey (great grandparents of Melvin on mother's side) |
T2N R3 S27 |
Washington |
14650 NW Dairy Creek Road North Plains OR 97133 |
2 miles | North Plains | VanDomelen, Vanessa A.; Vandehey, Herman; North Valley Farms, LLC | Yes | First house on land claim by... | Barley; Beet seed; Carrot... | Apples; Beans; Blackberries;... | No | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Maps of property; Handwritten letter; Email; Copies of photographs; Deed records; Legal records; Genealogy charts; State of Oregon land board records; Letters from Oregon Water Resources department; Water right certificate; Survey of property; Obituary; Timeline of property ownership; Mortgage records; Tax record; Birth certificate |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Flemmings Dobbins was Melvin's (father to owners) great great grandfather | Holland | 1 | |||||
| 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 |
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