| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFR0799 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schifferer, John Philipp | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Marion | Schifferer, Jim C. | No | Barn, root cellar. | Hay, grain, fruit trees,... | Cherries, prunes, hay,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany via Elgin, Illinois | German | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1319 | Century Farm | William Henry Lyda | Lyda Farm | 1908 | 165.57 | 155.00 | 150 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T1N R4W S11 |
Washington |
9600 NW Kansas City Rd. Forest Grove OR 97116 |
45.888750/123.141409 | 5 miles | Banks OR | Christopher Lyda manages land but is farmed by tenants | Yes | unsure of build date for home... | wheat, barley, oats, and... | No livestock left; now grow... | No | Thursday, April 20, 2023 | 2024 |
Deed records, family tree, family narrative, |
No | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Nebraska USA | us | 0 | |||||
| SFR0031 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Adams, John Franklin | John F. Adams Farming Enterprise | 1865 | 3,200.00 | 4,000.00 | 4000 | No | Yes | Homestead Land Patent 1877; 1892 | Yes |
No real proof of 1865 date, but trust Century Status, and supporting documents |
Umatilla |
Adams, OR |
1 mile | Adams, OR | Adams, John W. | Yes | First house in 1865, no... | Wheat; Cattle; Sheep | Peas; Wheat | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Farm history timeline; Family history narrative; Century farm letter; Email from Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; Copies of original homestead certificates; Excerpt from "History of Adams, Volume II"; Excerpt from "History of Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington"; Copies of photographs; Letter; Satellite photographs of property |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great grandson | Maine | 2 | ||||||
| SFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Smith, William DeLaFletcher | George W. Smith Ranch | 1865 | 95.39 | 286.00 | 309.32 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T25S R12W S26 |
Coos |
96614 S Coos River Ln. Coos Bay, OR 97420 |
43 deg22'32.5" W124deg05'59.8" | 5 miles | Coos Bay, OR | Smith, George William; Smith, Alicia L. | No | First house built in 1864,... | Apples; Cherries; Corn; Crab... | Hay; Timber; Cattle | No | Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and ranch history narrative; Plat map; Aerial photograph; Copies of original homestead certificates; Deed records; Copies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | 1 | ||||||
| CFR0800 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Albert | Midway Ranches | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow |
12 miles S of Heppner |
Great grandson and Great-great grandson of applicant | No | House | Hay, Sheep | Grains, Cattle, Hay | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article; Book excerpt "Pioneer family of the year." |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | La Grange County, Indiana | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR1320 | Century Ranch | W.N. Grace and Musa Grace | Grace Ranch | 1903 | 160.00 | 630.00 | 630 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T16S R47E S22 |
Malheur |
255 Ivy Rd. Ontario OR 97914 |
not given | 12 miles | Ontario OR | William "Hal" Grace | Yes | 1903 first house built and... | Pigs, cattle, dry land hay,... | Cattle Sheep Hay Corn Grain | No | Monday, April 29, 2024 | 2024 |
Flash Drive with photos and application material, photos, maps family narrative, deed records, maps |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great grandson | Missouri | USA | 4 | |||||
| CFR0368 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pendleton, D. J. | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Williamson, Robert G.; Williamson, Elizabeth | No | no | Hops, hay, grain. | Chewings Fescue seed; Dairy... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 208 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0638 | Century Farm | Koopman, Fritz | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 11 T 8 S R 6 E, W.M., contatining 40 acres. |
Baker |
On Moody Lane, Halfway, Oregon |
No | no | Cattle, hay, grains,... | Cattle | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
History of the Koopman Homestead. Certificate of Water Right. Desert Lands Certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR1028 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heller, Louis | Heller Homestead | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Sec 27 T 27 S R 11 W |
Coos | Heller, Russell; Heller, Debbie | No | Oats, wheat, hay, vegetables... | Beef, timber. | No |
Charles Heller (Louis Heller's son) brought suit againt the California Railroad for rights to the homestead. He & other settles won suit. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Legal testimony for Louis Heller; Notice of hearing for railroad contest; Typewritten letter; Photocopies of photographs (original homestead before 1900, water wheel, water wheel building, sawmill, threshing, house, barn built in 1920). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Los Angeles, California | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR1248 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ernest Haskin | Haskin Hertige Century Farm | 1917 | 100.00 | 30.00 | 30 | No | No | No |
T12W R12S S1W |
Linn |
38329 Weirich Dr. Lebanon OR |
2 miles SE | Lebanon | David and LaLona McCready | No | Original home in 1917 had... | vetch, oats, potatoes, onion... | Garden; corn and pumpkins... | No | Monday, May 1, 2017 | 2017 |
Application packet |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Wisconsin | 1 |
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