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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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 | |||||||
CFR0622 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moore, William A. | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Moore, Orvis W. | No | Grain; Cattle. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Plot map; Excerpt from "Wallowa County history book"; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0576 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Buhr, John and Jacob | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Buhr, John; Buhr, Jacob | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle; Chickens... | At time of application: Beans... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0624 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mulvahill, Abby | Woodward Mulvahill Farm | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wheeler | Woodward, E. Jane | No | Hay; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Newspaper article; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0596 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, James Francis | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate # 3482, application # 5781 | No | Wallowa |
1 1/2 mile W of Enterprise |
Davis, Donald H. | No | House is original | grass, hay, some grain,... | grass, hay | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Handwritten note (regarding applicant's genealogy); Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Iowa or Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1051 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Molthan, Summers; Molthan, Mary Jane | Molthan Ranch | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 14, R 39, S 21 |
Malheur | Molthan, John M.; Molthan, Adeline F. | No | Alflalfa and Meadow hay;... | At time of application:... | No | Friday, November 30, 2001 | 2002 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten note; Ranch history; Photocopies of photographs; Newspaper article; Centennial presentation; Deed; Maps. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 | ||||||
CFR0614 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Weber, John | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook | Downing, John Bennet; Downing, Wendi Lynn (Blaser) | No | Grass hay; Dairy cattle. | At time of application: Grass... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Succession of ownership; Typewritten letters; Family history; Plot map; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0599 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Pope, Fred L. | Pope Ranches, Inc. | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from James and Fannie Adams |
Klamath |
21414 Hwy 50, Merril OR, 97633 |
Pope, Lynn R. | No | Two original storage sheds... | cattle, sheep, hay | alfalfa, barley, wheat,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Deed; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | California | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0973 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heidenrich, Lawrence | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Jopseph and Mary McCoy |
3 M1 NE of Milton Freewater |
Umatilla | Heidenrich, Merton L. | No | None of the original... | Alfalfa, Wheat, Prunes, Corn | Alfalfa, Wheat, Peas | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Hand-drawn map of property; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Sutton, Nebraska and before that Huck, Russia | Russia | 1 |