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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CFR0319 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Minto, John and Martha Ann | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
23 acres lying on Sunnyside Road, South of Salem 5 miles. |
McNerney, Ernestine M. | No | Pasture, Dairy cows (... | No |
Land was passed to applicant's mother Mary Minto Halley and then to the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0031 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Noble, Henry and Mercy | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 52 | No | No | Benton | No | No |
Land was sold by the Nobles to Noah A. Starr who gave it to his son Wilbur F. Starr, the father of the applicant. The land was then divided between the applicant and his sister, Claire W. Smith. There's 2 parcels of land. See application for description. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0890 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinnis, John L. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S R 39 E, W.M., parts of Sections 6, 8, 5, 7. |
Union |
3 miles N of Imbler off Courtney Lane. |
Bingaman, Shawn | No | no | Wheat, hay, oats, cattle. | Wheat, barley, bluegrass hay. | No |
McKinnis was partner in flour mill located in Imbler. |
Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten note; Deeds; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0770 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Duncan, George W. and Susan D. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from the Eastern Oregon Land Company |
Malheur | Oakes, Donald (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | None of the original... | Grass hay | Grass hay, Grain | No |
Nancy Duncan married Ed Oakes after the death of her husband, George Duncan. Nancy and Ed Oakes then sold the land to their son, Donald Oakes in 1959. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Excerpt from diary; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Donald is the grandson of George Duncan | Kansas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0237 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 31 T 12 S R 3 W -- 320 acres. |
Linn |
2 miles N of Shedd and east of highway 99 |
No | No |
Nicholas Sprenger died 8 Nov 1871, and passed 144 acres to this son Thomas B. Sprenger. Thomas (father of applicant) died 1956, but before this the applicant had purchased the property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavits; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0236 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 31 T 12 S R 3 W -- 320 acres. |
Linn |
2 miles N of Shedd and east of highway 99 |
No | No |
Nicholas Sprenger died 8 Nov 1871, and passed 212 acres to this son Henry Sprenger. Henry (father of applicant) died 1938, and the applicant was heired 176 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavits; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0970 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gooding, Nicholaus | Gooding Farms, Inc. | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John Gooding |
Marion | Gooding, William E. | No | None of the original... | Wheat, Oats, Barley, Corn,... | Row crops (beans, corn,... | No |
Nicholaus Gooding also operated a blacksmith shop on the property. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Indiana | France (Alsace Lorraine) | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0948 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dundas, Jr., James | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from C.L. and Alice Easterbrook |
Yamhill | Dundas, Roy W., Jr. | No | One barn, one grainery, house... | Red Chaff wheat, dairy cattle... | Row crops (green bush beans,... | No |
NOTE 1: Application says "won siler medal and award for red chaff whear in sheaf at 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition." Land has been divided -- "one parcel to Pope and talbot for roadway and log boom, one parcel to Roy and Patricia Dundas." |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewrittten letters; 1985 award application notice; Naturalization papers for James Dundee Jr. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0556 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Joseph Henry Grattan and Della Mae Keerins | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. # 329, Application # 3607. | No |
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 20, N 1/2 NW 1/4 and SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 29 T 16 S R 27 E, W.M. |
Grant |
50 or 60 miles from Canyon City in the Izee Country (1) |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.) | No | no | Grazing, sheep, cattle,... | Grazing, cattle, horses. | No |
Note 1: Information provided by the Grant County Historical Society 8/16/2000. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Deed; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead certification; Citizen Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof Testimony; Homestead Application; Obituary. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | |||||||
CFR1184 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Balin, Mary | Balin Ranch | 1910 | 100.00 | 800.00 | 800 | No | Yes | No |
40S Range 09E, WM Section 13 |
Klamath |
13600 Homedale Road
Klamath Falls, OR 97603 |
42*06'N43.06'W | 10 | Klamath Falls | Balin Family | No | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes; Beef... | No |
Note Hal Balin passed away before the awards ceremony on 9/1/12. |
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Organic beef label; Aerial photograph; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Son | Kansas | 3 |