| 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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| CFR0488 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Everest, Richard | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
E of Newberg |
Jones, Elva O. | No | At time of application:... | No |
10 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Richard Everest to Ruben Everest (son) to Laura Everest Green (granddaughter) to Emery A. Jones (her nephew) to Elva O. Jones his wife. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0620 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coon, Alice Heller Cannon | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wallowa | Cannon, Arthur; Cannon, Nancy | No | At time of application:... | No |
Applications also filed for farms of George Meteer Cannon (1888) and Samuel L. Coon (1898). These farms have all been included in this one application. See the applications for more information on these farms. |
Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Applications; Statement forms; Handwritten letter; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Homestead certificates; Photocopy of photo; Plot maps; Homestead proof. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0750 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Deming, Franklin Fayette | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from M.W. Cassidy |
Lane |
2 miles North of Elmira on Deming Road |
No | None of the original... | Cattle, Horses | Hay, Sheep, Ponies | No |
The property has been divided three times by my husband and I. |
Saturday, November 10, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Reunion notice; Deed; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand-daughter | Polk County, Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1009 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, David | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | no | Timber, pasture, sheep,... | Pasture, cattle, horses. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Obituary; Typewritten letter; Grant County record of filings on land; Timber culture certificate; Biographical excerpt from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR1097 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Nelson, D. H. | 1901 | No | No | No | Umatilla |
1 mile northwest of Pendleton, Oregon |
Pendleton | Applegate, Karen Nelson; Applegate, Shaner Nelson; Hamilton, Richie; Hamilton, Kristen | Yes | Barley; Canola; Dried peas;... | At time of application:... | No | Monday, June 6, 2005 | 2005 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs; Newspaper articles; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | No | Granddaughter | Finland | Finnish | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0039 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, Andrew | 1860 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Rickard, Glen; Rickard, Ellie; Renter | No | Old house used as shed. | Common Vetch; Oats; Wheat;... | Beets; Squash; Horses; Pigs;... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 48.2 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0172 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bailey, George | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Bailey, George H. | No | Grain; Hay; Seed crops;... | At time of application: Sheep. | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0318 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skaife, John and Mariette | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
7 miles W of Gervais on Fairfield road |
Marthaler, Freeman | No | General farming, Cattle,... | No |
Applicant's mother Margaret Ann Skaife Marthaler was born in the log cabin on the property. Original owners came from Missouri by oxen wagon in 1854 and lived near Woodburn a short time before settling on the farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0451 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Marsh, John (originally Hayward) | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0719 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kuhl, Peter & Julia | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Kuhl, Philip J., Jr. | No | Ice house and smith shop. | Shorthorn cattle, hay, swine... | Shorthorn cattle, sheep,... | No |
Henry R. Sels was a merchant and prominent figure in early Canyon City. "His daughter, Julia Sels Kuhl, married Peter Kuhl in 1878." (1) NOTE 1: Information for update was provided by the Grant County Historical Society, 8/16/2000. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt of Peter Kuhl from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties"; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 2 |
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