| 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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| CFR0093 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, William DeLaFletcher (W.D.L.F.) | George W. Smith Ranch | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Land grant. Lots 3 & 4 of Sec 27 $ Lot 5 of Sec. 26 in T 25 S R 12 W |
Coos | Smith, George William (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy stock, fruit, fish,... | Fruit, beef stock, hay,... | No |
95.39 acres in original farm. 286 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Copy of land claim certificate; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR1204 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeder, William H.; Reeder, Alice | W.H. Reeder's Westfork Farm | 1877 | 320.00 | 1,280.00 | 1275 | No | Yes | Certificate #5434 | No |
T4N R33EWM S1/2 of Section 25 plus E 1/2 section |
Umatilla |
47647 Reeder Rd. Pendleton OR 97801 |
13 miles | Pendleton | Reeder, Clinton B.; Reeder, Craig H. | No | First home in 1877/78, a... | Alfalfa; Barley; Grain Hay;... | Wheat | No | Monday, April 15, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Letter; Family history article; Farm history narrative; Newspaper articles; Wheat farming narrative; Magazine article; Land ownership documents; Copies of photographs; Historic map of property; Excerpt from "The Centennial story of Oregon"; Aerial photograph |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Eureka, Illinois | 3 | ||||||
| CFR0805 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kenny, Michael and Mary | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Section 31 Twnship 15, R 28 E of Willamette Merdian |
Morrow |
Milk Canyon on easterly branch of Sand Hollow |
Healy, William J. | No | Windmill | Rye hay, Sheep, Clydesdale... | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The historic farm had over 100 head of Clydesdales. The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Carrigallen County, Leitrim, Ireland | Ireland | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR0011 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, William H. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #40 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Elliott, Darrell | No | Yes |
"My husband's great grandfather William H. Elliott traded a yoke of oxen for the Homestead rights to the original Donation Land Claim." Applicant still has 90 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and his wife | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR1147 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Peterson, Aaron | Peterson Ranch | 1907 | 0.00 | 1,305.00 | 1305 | No | No | No |
T 3, R 24E, S 8 |
Morrow |
15 miles south of Ione; East of Willamette Meridian |
15 miles | Ione | Peterson, Herbert Luther; Peterson, Todd H.; Peterson, Treve H. | No | Original homestead home has... | Barley; Wheat; Cattle; Sheep | Wheat; Cattle | No | Monday, June 1, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history letter; Newspaper article; Legal description of property; Copy of homestead certificate; Copy of photograph with handwritten description |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Aaron Peterson. Great grandsons, Todd and Treve Peterson, currently work the land | Sweden | Swedish | 1 | ||||||
| CFR0373 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jenne family | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S R 2 E |
Multnomah | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| CFR0725 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Capt. Francis Marion | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 769 | No |
NW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 2 N R 11 E, W.M., containing 163.6 acres. |
Hood River | Hoffman, Bernice Jackson | No | Cemetary established in 1885. | Dairy and beef stock, hogs,... | Bartlett pears, some hay and... | No |
163.6 acres in original farm. 17.45 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Land deeds; Family History notes; F. M. Jackson and family background; Article |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Tennessee | 0 | |||||||||
| CFR0291 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, William and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
situated between Turner and Marion in Marion County |
No | No |
William Morris married for a second time to Martha Funston. They had a daughter Ada Crawford (applicant), who received a portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewrittten letters. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaugther (Ada), great grandson (E. L.) | Currituck, North Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0644 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Guttridge, Christopher Henney | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
4 miles SW of Estacada, 1/4 mile S of Springwater Store, Church & Grange. |
Guttridge, Joseph Z. | No | Barn on the property when he... | Grain, cattle, geese, prunes... | Chewings fescue for seed,... | No |
161 acres in original property. 60 acres in present farm. The farm was divided 3 times. Founder built a prune drier & packed & sold prunes to hotels in Portland. 2001, Joe & Wilma own 40 acres, 5 sons jointly own 20 ac. See file for more info. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | Scotland or England | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0984 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Hill, William F. | Hill Land LLC and Hill Land & Cattle LLC | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T40S R10E Sectin 26 S 1/2 of SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 total 160 acres |
Klamath |
1.5 to 2 miles N. of Merrill, Oregon on Hill Rd. |
Hill, David; Hill, Dean F.; Hill, William F., III; Brant, Laura | No | Original house still stands... | Alfalfa hay; Barley; Grass... | Cattle | No |
"David Hill lives on the original property today." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Abstract of title; Maps; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandchildren | Illinois and Michigan | 1 |
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