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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CFR0337 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #777 Oregon City | No | No |
181 acres |
Marion |
5 miles NW of Jefferson, 12 miles S of Salem |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0470 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Matheny, Daniel | 1843 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 33, 34 T 5 S R 3 W |
Yamhill |
8 miles S of Dayton on Hwy 221 |
Beaty, Jessie L.; Gilchrist, Lucile K. | No | No |
120 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Daniel Matheny to Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood (daughter); to Walter R. Kirkwood (grandson); to Lucile K. Gilchrist & Jessie L. Beaty (great granddaughters) |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughters | Independence, Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0607 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Howard, Thomas | Howard Ranch LLC (Thomas Howard Ranch) | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Harney | Howard, Thomas C.; Howard, Tom M. | No | Hay; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0737 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Taylor, Samuel H. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Klamath | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
CFR0867 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Temple, William P. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William and Alice Kreemer |
Umatilla |
Stage Gulch |
Cresswell, Robert Temple; Cresswell, Donald M. | No | "Not sure. There is a... | Wheat | Wheat, Barley | No |
The original property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family reunion brochure; Family history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0997 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lines, John & Martha M. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Lines, Russell | No | no | unknown | Grass seed, grain, livestock | No |
550 acres in original farm. 248 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | South Carolina | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0025 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sylvester, Mary | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | # 47 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Reynolds, Minerva Kiger | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0157 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hale, Calvin T. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 37, Notification # 1192 | No | No |
Sec 23 T 17 S R 7 W |
Lane | Hale, Wayne D.; Hale, Gordon H. | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Calvin T. Hale & Molla Hale 1853-1900; Chalres Kansas Hale & Pallie P. Hale to 1953; D. Wayne Hale & Gordon H. Hale (brother) 1/2 interest each to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0305 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heater, L. D. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Heater, Maurice; Morrison, Lenora Morrison | 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 |