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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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 | |||||
CFR1211 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kilkenny, John F. | KilKenny Ranch | 1914 | 20,000.00 | 8,100.00 | 8100 | No | No | Yes |
Land sale deeds |
Not provided |
Morrow |
79074 Hwy 74 Heppner OR 97836 |
9 miles | Heppner, OR | Kilkenny, John | No | No original buildings stand... | Alfalfa; Wheat; Cattle; Sheep | Alfalfa; Conservation; Wheat... | No | Thursday, April 17, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and ranch history narrative; Map of property; Deed records; Article "Shamrocks and Shepherds; The Irish of Morrow County"; Copies of photographs; Digital photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Leitrim, Ireland | Irish | 1 | |||||
CFR0142 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chavner, Thomas | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
More land was purchased at a later date. |
Jackson | Thompson, Margaret Chavner | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR1220 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Williams, Ben J.; Williams, Margaret E. | Christensen Farm | 1909 | 765.00 | 105.00 | 100 | No | No | Yes |
Mortgage title abstracts |
T15S R3W S08 |
Linn |
32803 Diamond Hill Dr. Harrisburg OR 97446 |
6 miles | Harrisburg, OR | Hubert Christensen & Dean Warden | Yes | First house built in 1914,... | Grain; Cattle; Chickens;... | Ryegrass | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Family history narrative; Title documents; Copies of photographs; Newpaper article |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | Colorado | Denmark | 2 | |||||
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 | ||||||
CFR0509 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grahm, William & wife | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Paid $100 to Gen. Parmer for squatter's rights to Section. |
Yamhill |
7 miles SE of McMinnville. |
No | 1/2 in prairie and 1/2 on... | No |
200 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0155 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ellmaker, Enos | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Part of the Levi Zumwalt DLC |
Sec 29 T 17 S R 5 W, W.M., containing 75 acres. |
Lane | Ellmaker, Ulysses W. | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Enos Ellmaker 1857-1870; Levi Ellmaker to 1937; Ulysses Ellmaker to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0330 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coolidge, Ai | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Part of the property was purchased. |
Marion |
5 miles SE of Silverton. 420 acres. Lying in the Waldo Hills area. |
No | Grass seed, Cereal crops,... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1207 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Couch, John; Couch, Carrie | Gastin Ranch | 1907 | 640.00 | 640.00 | 640 | No | No | Yes |
Patent records of sale |
T1N R43E S11, 12, 13, 14 |
Wallowa |
78078 Leap Lane Wallowa OR 97885 |
10 miles | Lostine, OR | Gastin, Ted L.; Gastin, Marilyn | Yes | When Couch family obtained... | Oats; Rye; Wheat; Chickens;... | Conservation; Cattle | No | Thursday, May 1, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Photograph; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
No | No | MSS ORCFRP | |||||||||
CFR0165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pitney, John P. & Elizabeth Pitney | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Pre-emption Claim, Notification # 6430 |
Sec 7 T 16 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Lane | Pitney, Clarence A.; Pitney, James B. | No | No |
171 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: John & Elizabeth Pitney 1855 to 1873; William & Lucy J. Pitney to 1937; Clarence A. Pitney & James B. Pitney, each 1/2 interest, to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson and great grandson | 3 |