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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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 | |||||||||
CFR0862 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Whittaker, Henry | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Whittaker, James K. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Sheep | Barley, Wheat, Cattle | No |
The original property has never been divided. The property has been added to. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | England | England | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0865 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Holdman Brothers -- Oro, Frank, Wade, William | Holdman Family Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Holdman Ranches Inc. | No | None of the original... | Sheep, Wheat | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The original property was divided twice, purchased by family members. The raising of wheat on the property began in 1893. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandfather and great uncles | Adams, Oregon | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0866 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Demaris, Enoch | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 371 | No | Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 55 Walla Walla River Rd. |
Demaris, Meryl C., Jr. | No | None of the original... | Livestock, Hay, Fruit | Apples | No |
The original farm was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; List of family members; Deed; Certification of ownership. Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Atumwa, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0886 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wade, Pharris | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | No | None of the original... | Didn't farm the land... | Wheat, barley, oats, peas,... | No |
The original farm has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
CFR0918 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Simpson, John Marshall | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Nathaniel and Catherine Richardson |
Washington | Simpson, Rolfe M.; Simpson, Frank H. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | Cattle, Wheat, Oats, Clover | No |
This property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate record of John Simpson. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 4 | |||||||||||
CFR0922 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | Dixie Mountain Christmas Trees; Logan's Dixie Mountain Tree Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 3420 | No | Washington | Logan, Donald J.; Logan, Elaine | No | None of the original... | Cattle | Hay, Timber, Christmas trees | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Centerville, Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0925 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. F. Short |
Washington | Forsberg, John K.; Forsberg, Eleanor L. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Hay, Grain, Dairy cows | Christmas trees | No |
This property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate records of James Shearer. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0927 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Charles | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert. #2714, Application # 5457 | Yes |
Purchased from several persons |
Washington | Bateman, Charles R.; Bateman, Louis (Lewis) K. | No | None of the original... | Primarily Forest Products | No |
This property is still intact except for the highway right-of-way. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand nephew (settler was grandfather's brother) | Kansas | 1 |