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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CFR0183 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Spores, James Madison | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Spores, Manley A. | No | house and part of the barn | cattle, horses, hops, grain,... | sheep, hay, permanent pasture | No |
320 acres in original farm. 144.06 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
SFR0028 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Morris, Eliam; Morris, Susannah | Three Branches, LLC | 1852 | 318.00 | 68.40 | 60 | Yes | 1330 | No | No |
T2-R4-S6 |
Yamhill |
10670 Oak Ridge Rd. Yamhill OR |
1 1/2 miles | Yamhill, OR | Three Branches LLC | No | First house built in 1853-54... | Barley; Oats; Wheat; Cattle;... | Clover; Grass seed; Hazelnuts | No | Monday, April 28, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Email to Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; List of family members; Maps of property; Yamhill County sales data; Copies of photographs; Family history information; Excerpt from "History of Oregon"; Newspaper articles; Farm history narrative; Original century farm application; Excerpt from "Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Volume 1"; Map of property; Copy of original Donation Land Claim certificates; Architectural drawings; Index card for Historic American Buildings Survey; Photographs; Plat map |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandchildren | Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon | Denmark | 0 | |||||
CFR1151 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bangs, Frederick E. and Daisy | 1903 | 200.00 | 115.00 | 115 | Yes | #57 notification 5348, in Section 8 | No | No |
T 17 South, R 5 West of Willamette Meridian, S 8 |
Lane |
4 Miles North of Elmira |
4 miles | Elmira | Bangs, Larry Lloyd; Bangs, Paula Beth | No | Original house on Territorial... | Alfalfa; Corn; Grass hay;... | Alfalfa; Corn; Grass hay;... | No | Friday, June 16, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of obituary; Warranty deed; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Larry Bangs is (great?)grandson of Frederick Eli Bangs, son of Lloyd and Bernice Bangs. | Ottawa, Kansas | 1 | |||||||
CFR0988 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Sebird | Elliot Ranches, Inc | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Pre-empted Land through La Grande Land Office |
Baker |
1 Mile west of Bridgeport |
Elliott, Harry Newell; Lewis, Richard; Lewis, Barbara Elliott | No | The barn at the main ranch is... | Meadow hay, Cattle, Horses | Cattle, Hay, Alfalfa, Barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Typewritten letter; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Inez, Kansas | 3 | |||||||||
CFR1221 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | McCready, Franklin; McCready, Nellie | McCready Ranch | 1915 | 160.00 | 2,480.00 | 2400 | No | No | Yes |
Land Patent |
T34S R9E S30 |
Klamath |
11500 Williamson River Rd. Chiloquin OR, county has recently changed the address to 40440 McCready Road. |
12 miles | Chiloquin, OR | Harris, Greg L. | No | First house built in 1915,... | Hay; Timber; Beef cattle;... | Grass hay; Timber; Beef cattle | No | Monday, April 20, 2015 | 2015 |
Family narrative, map of property, photos, deed records, celebration invitation for summer 2015, |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandsons of Franklin & Nellie McCready | Wyoming | unknown | 2 | |||||
CFR0826 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riddell, William; Rae, David | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | McCrae, Kenneth R. | No | yes | Grain, hay, Cotswold sheep,... | Registered sheep, cattle,... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 636 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Scotland to Canada to Albany, Oregon | Scottish | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starr, Susan A. , Wesley Starr | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No |
See application for land details and complex family relationships. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandmother/ great great nephew | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0745 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, Frederick L. | 1861 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Gray, Hubert | No | House and barn built c.1861. | Hogs, cattle, oats, wheat. | Cattle, sheep, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 42 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0923 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Meyer, George F.C. | Goetze Family Limited Partnership | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Jasper J. Clark |
Washington | Goetze, Norman; Goetze, Barbara | No | None of the original... | Clover, Oats, Wheat, Dairy,... | Alfalfa, Clover, Wheat, Oats... | No |
This property has never been divided, but it has been added to. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandsn | Indiana | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR1228 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grossen, Peter Fred | Peter Fred Grossen Farm | 1904 | 72.00 | 72.00 | 25 but all original 72 are owned by family | No | No | No |
T1N R2W S10 |
Washingtion |
22518 NW Phillips Rd. Hillsboro OR 97124 |
8 miles | Hillsboro, OR | Grossen, David Fred | No | Wheat; Barley; Oats; Hay;... | Hay; Wheat; Brown Swiss dairy... | No | Friday, April 29, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Aerial photograph; Photographs; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | Switzerland | Swiss | 2 |