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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CFR0175 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bond, Allen & Rachel | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
39.0 acres in Sec 5, T 17 S R 4 W, Willamette Meridian. |
Lane | Bond, Ray C.; Bond, Marjorie E. | No | no | Ryegrass seed, wheat, dog... | No |
39 acres in use presently. 320 acres in original farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Deed transfering farm from S. C. and Esther Bond to Ray C. and Marjorie Bond; Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Indiana | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0321 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, James and Cecilia | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Merten, Maurice H.; Merten, Mary McKay | No | No |
The applicant and her husband currently farm 142 acres of the original property. The first grist mill in Oregon was built and operated by James McKay on the property. The applicant has a piece of the original mill stone in the yard of her home. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten letter; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0323 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heater, L. D. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Husband of applicant | No | No |
Adolph Heater owns 10 acres of original DLC. Maurice Heater owns 140 acres of original DLC. Lenora Heater Morrison owns 80 acres of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten letter |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | all of the applicants are the grandchildren of L. D. Heater | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0456 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sewell, Henry | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0593 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McAlavy, Charles | Brogoitti Ranches, Inc. | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John A. Scott |
SE 1/4 section 14 township 4 north of range 33, east of the Willamette Meridian |
Umatilla | Brogoitti, Bruce | No | None of the original... | wheat, cattle, horses | wheat, barley | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Oregon state business license; Stock certificate copies. |
Yes | Yes | Field Services Files | great grandson | Ringold County, Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0723 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cecil, William Carrol and Logan Cecil | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Harney | Mayo, Carl | No | Buildings near Curry Spring,... | Horses, mules. | Cattle, hay. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 25000 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter & great grandson | Missouri to California | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0852 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scott, William H. H. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
E. 1/2 sec 15, Twp 4N, R 34E WM |
Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 65 Athena, OR |
Scott, Joseph Jay | No | None of the original... | Wheat | Wheat, Peas | No |
The property has never been divided. There were 320 acres in the original farm, and there are 320 acres in the farm today. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois and Missouri | 0 | |||||||||
CFR0982 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Messal Sr., William | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Rosie Messal |
T 36 R2E Section 8 |
Jackson | Peile, Maxine | No | Original barn is still... | Hay, Cattle, Garden pigs | Cattle, Sheep, Pasture | No |
"Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten letters; Newspaper article; Excerpt from "A History of Eagle Point"; Typewritten letter; Birth certificate; Marriage certificate; Chain of title; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great niece by marriage | Germany ["Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen"] ["Bayern Province"] | Germany | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1113 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olson, John; Olson, August | Olson Farms | 1905 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T One South, R Three East, S 34 |
Clackamas |
4 miles from Gresham |
4 miles | Gresham | Olson, Donald W. | No | Original house that was on... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes;... | Corn; Nursery stock; Pumpkins... | No | Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed; Copies of photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Wilbur Olson (son of August); Donald Olson (grandson of August) | Sweden | Swedish | 2 | ||||||
CFR0009 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayden, Thomas C. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #38 | No | No |
T 14 S R 8 W |
Benton | Earnest, Pearl Hayden | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |