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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CFR1035 | Smith, James A. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1979 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0261 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Anthony S. | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | Original house burned in 1898... | wheat, oats, hay, orchard,... | rye grass, orchard grass,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Route slip; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0613 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wyss, Gottlieb and Susann | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook | Lucas, Vern A.; Lucas, Lorraine Wyss | No | Dairy | Dairy | No |
"Susann Bauman Wyss and Gottlieb came to the US with 14 children. He died 15 months after coming here. She later married a neighbor by the name of Kock (pronounced Cook). They had three children." See update for source. |
Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter of approval. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Germany | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0953 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wenger, Rudolph | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 3 and 4 of Sec 29 T 2 S R 3 W , W.M., containing 145.32 acres. |
Yamhill | Chapman, Norman; Chapman, Betty | No | House built in 1908-1912. | Hay, cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letters; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switzerland | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0163 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mosby, David | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 36 T 20 S R 3 W, W.M.; Sec 1 T 21 S R 3 W, W.M.; Sec 6 T 221 S R 2 W, W.M.; Sec 31 T 20 S R 2 W, W.M. |
Lane | Mosby, D. K. | No | No |
207.64 acres of DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: David Mosby 1852-1892; Robert Henry Mosby to 1940; D. K. Mosby to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0080 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, David C. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Clackamas |
7 miles South East of Canby |
Morris, James H.; Morris, Mary W. | No | no | cattle, sheep, wheat, oats,... | grass for pasture and hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 39.27 acres in present farm. David Morris bought 320 acres from Louis & Johanna Behrens on May 16, 1864. The Behrens homesteaded in 1857. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0971 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Palmer, Lawrence A. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | The Dalles, Cert # 5071, Application # 9111 | No |
NW 1/4 section 29, T 1 S, R 25 E of WM |
Morrow |
Clarks Canyon Road |
Harrison, Travis L. | No | House remains and is lived in... | Cattle, Hay, Barley, Wheat | Hay, Wheat, Barley | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Statement of affirmation; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0808 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olden, Menzo Alfred | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #3628 | No | Morrow |
13 miles S of Ione |
McCabe, Alvin | No | House, Barn, Shop | Cattle, Grain, Fruit trees | Grain, Cattle | No |
The property has never been rented. The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Homestead proofs; Typewritten letters; Article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 1 | |||||||||
CFR1150 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Confer, Francis M. | Francis M. Confer Farm | 1896 | 159.00 | 159.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate No. 2584, Application No. 3253, dated 9-1-1896 | No |
T 5, R 13, S 4 |
Wasco |
6 miles west of Maupin, 54875 Juniper Flat Road |
6 miles | Maupin | Fosberg, Arlene C.; Fosberg, Robert | No | Original homestead house (... | Wheat; Cattle | Wheat | No | Monday, October 8, 2007 | 2007 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of original homestead certificate; Property history; Warranty deed; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Granddaughter of Francis M. Confer | Born in Elkhart, Indiana | 1 | ||||||
CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 |