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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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| CFR0996 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Trowbridge, Bradford Cornelius | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
160 acres filed under the Preemption Act |
Grant |
Near City of John Day, Oregon. |
Trowbridge, B. A. | No | 2 barns and 1 cellar. | Vegetables for sale to the... | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
6000 acres in farm at present. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters (including letter from Thomas Vaughan); Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California via Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0997 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lines, John & Martha M. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Lines, Russell | No | no | unknown | Grass seed, grain, livestock | No |
550 acres in original farm. 248 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | South Carolina | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0998 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Armstrong, George | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Plympton, Kathleen; Plympton, Fred G.; Renter | No | yes | Shopshire sheep (introduced... | Pasture. | No |
187.20 acres in original farm. 15 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Handwritten notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | England | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0999 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ross, Charles Oscar | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 23 R 13 Sec 36 |
Coos | Ross, Carl A. | No | no | Sheep, cattle, hogs, potatoes. | Cattle; manage, select and... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR1000 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rieben, Christian | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
2 miles East of Banks, 1 mile North of Roy. |
Rieben, Ernest R. | No | no | Hay, grain, milk, cows. | Hay, grain, pigs, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland to Philadelphia, around Cape Horn to San Francisco to Oregon | 3 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| CFR1002 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Good, John Porter | Good Ranch | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 2 N R 40 E, W.M., containing160 acres. |
Union | Good, Richard I. | No | no | Oats, wheat, barley, sheep,... | Barley, hay, beef cattle. | No |
Chain of ownership: John Porter Good to Howard C. Good (son) to Richard Good & his brother to Richard Good. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Obituaries; Homestead certificate; Typewritten letter; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 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 | ||||||||
| CFR1004 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brooks, David | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Motz, Donald L. | No | House built c. 1898. | Potatoes, grain, milk cows,... | Hay, grain, nursery stock. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 25.36 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Tax statement. Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR1005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayworth, John B. | Hayworth Farms | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
Five miles South of Harrisburg on Coburg-Harrisburg Rd. |
Brother of Anna Harper | No | no | Wheat, livestock. | Grain, grass seed. | No |
102 acres in original farm. 34 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Deed |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter and grandson | Tennessee | 2 |
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