| 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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| CFR0885 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jasper, Merrel C. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased several parcels of land. |
10 acres in the SE quarter of section 15, south range 39, E of the Williamette Meridian |
Union |
house and 1/2 the acres on Boothe Lane, 3 miles east of Hwy 82. 1/2 the acres on both side of Lower Cove highway, 4 miles E of Hwy 82. |
Jones, Edna; Jones, John T.; Jones, Rodney; Jones, Brian; Jones, Douglas | No | None of the original... | horses, mules, cattle, swine | wheat, barley, alfalfa | No |
Applicant not sure if the original farm was ever divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Event notice; Newspaper articles. Letter by Edna Jasper Jones on family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand graddaughter | Missouri | 3 | ||||||||
| CFR0983 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Read, Lilly | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Aaron and Manda Aaron |
N 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 34 and W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 35, TS12S, R13E |
Jefferson | Read, J. Herschel; Read, Kenny | No | Residence and barn still... | Dryland wheat, Cattle (... | Cattle (commercial and... | No |
Ranch is being run today by Herschel Read and Kenny Read. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Ranch history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Grizzly Mountain Area, Crook County, Oregon | 3 | |||||||||
| CFR0660 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lingelbach, Valentine | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Lingelbach, Richard; Lingelbach, Phil | No | Apples; Grain; Grapes; Hay;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten notes. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0661 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Daniels, Thomas | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | McKay, Cecil; McKay, Adeline | No | At time of application:... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0919 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Ulyses | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John and Mary Harrison |
Washington | Dersham, Harold C. | No | A cellar and a brick fruit... | Oats, Horses, Wheat, Hay,... | Dairy cows, Oats, Barley,... | No |
This property has been divided two times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Probate record for Lydia Dersham; Court order. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | West Virginia | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR0596 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, James Francis | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate # 3482, application # 5781 | No | Wallowa |
1 1/2 mile W of Enterprise |
Davis, Donald H. | No | House is original | grass, hay, some grain,... | grass, hay | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Handwritten note (regarding applicant's genealogy); Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Iowa or Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 |
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