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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CFR0468 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, Solomon | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles SE of Amity on the Bethel Road. |
A renter | No | Two dwellings, a large barn... | Grain, hay, fruit, sheep. | No |
339 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0735 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Loosley, John | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Klamath |
2 1/2 miles South of Fort Klamath |
Daughter of applicant | No | no | Hay, livestock. | Pasture, livestock. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 243 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0994 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hale, Captain | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0021 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Locke, A. N. | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #41 | No | No |
T 11S R5W |
Benton | Locke, Nelson | No | No |
At the time of the application, the applicant was farming the original 273 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0154 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Sarah S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 42 | No | No |
Sec 17 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Cox, Lillian Ayres | No | No |
40 acres of original DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Sarah S. Benson 1851-1899; Mary E. Ayres to 1927; Lillian Ayres Cox to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0833 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moore, Helen and John A. Moore | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 1 S R 17 E of W.M., containing 137 acres. |
Sherman |
Highway 97 |
Coelsch, Leo W.; Spencer, Sharon Coelsch | No | UPDATE: house built in 1882 (... | Wheat, livestock. | Wheat, livestock. | Yes | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Applications; Statement forms; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | California | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0120 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fate, David | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Epping-Fate, T. F. | No | Grain; Cattle; Hogs; Sheep. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; 1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0270 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vance, William L. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
1/2 miles South of Tangent |
Jenks, Floyd D. | No | no | Wheat, oats, hay. | Ryegrass, clover, barley,... | No |
100 acres in original farm. 100 acres in present farm |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grand nephew | Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0403 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riggs, James B. and wife | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1907, Claim # 75 | No | No |
T 6 S R 5 W, W.M., contatining 640 acres. |
Polk |
6 1/2 miles NW of Dallas on Coast Hwy # 22 |
Starr, Silas E. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | No |
Chain of ownership: James B. Riggs; to nephew, South 1/2 of farm; to great niece to Silas Starr (great great nephew). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Century Farm award certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0541 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bell, Ulysses Grant and Etta Bates | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Bell, Jr., Frank Grant; Bell, Lynne | No | House, woodshed. | Potatoes, dairy, apples,... | Hay, chestnuts, plants,... | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Family biography; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 2 |