| 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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| SFR0026 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Dobbins, Flemming; Corey, James Calvin | VanDomelen Family Farm | 1851 | 320.00 | 13.00 | 13 | Yes | No. 43, Notification Number 7851, Cert. No. 1315 | No | Yes |
Flemming Dobbins is said to be Father of John Dobbins father of Louisa Dobbins Corey who married George Corey (great grandparents of Melvin on mother's side) |
T2N R3 S27 |
Washington |
14650 NW Dairy Creek Road North Plains OR 97133 |
2 miles | North Plains | VanDomelen, Vanessa A.; Vandehey, Herman; North Valley Farms, LLC | Yes | First house on land claim by... | Barley; Beet seed; Carrot... | Apples; Beans; Blackberries;... | No | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Maps of property; Handwritten letter; Email; Copies of photographs; Deed records; Legal records; Genealogy charts; State of Oregon land board records; Letters from Oregon Water Resources department; Water right certificate; Survey of property; Obituary; Timeline of property ownership; Mortgage records; Tax record; Birth certificate |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Flemmings Dobbins was Melvin's (father to owners) great great grandfather | Holland | 1 | |||||
| CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 3 | |||||
| CFR1196 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Smith,Alex | Smith Family Homestead | 1913 | 160.00 | 8,238.00 | 8238 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
W1/2 W 1/2 S8 T12S R 44EWM |
Baker |
31479 Plano Road Durkee OR 97905 |
25 miles | Baker City | Bunch, Rodd D.; Buchannan, Cheryl A.; Bunch, Susan K. | No | First house in 1910, still... | Grain; Hay; Cattle | Cattle | No | Friday, April 26, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map; Family and farm history narrative; Copies of photographs; Timeline of title history; Deed records; Photograph |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandchildren | 3 | |||||||
| CFR1210 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Emerson, Chester William | Emerson Dell Farm | 1883 | 1,040.00 | 2,840.00 | 2840 | No | Yes | Homestead Cert. No. 1787 | No |
T1N R15E S19,20,29,30 |
Wasco |
5854 Emerson Roberts Rd. The Dalles OR 97058 |
15 | The Dalles, OR | Brewer, David R. | Yes | Homestead house and barn,... | Forage crops; Wheat; Cattle... | Barley; Canola; Forage crops... | No | Monday, March 10, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Maps of property; Family history narrative; Property ownership records; Copies of photographs; Aerial photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Granddaughter | Illinois | 3 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| CFR1212 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Plagmann, Claus J. | Plagmann Farms, Inc. | 1913 | 45.00 | 550.00 | 500 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty deed, land sale deeds |
T10S R2W S33 |
Linn |
36244 Plagmann Dr. NE Albany OR 97322 |
6 miles East | Albany OR | Plagmann, Terrill C. | Yes | Original house is unknown,... | Dill; Grain; Grass seed; Hay... | Bent grass; Coriander seed;... | No | Thursday, April 17, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narratives; Map of property; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | Germany | Danish/Swedish | 3 | |||||
| CFR1213 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Romig, Frank T.; Romig, Mary Jane | The Romig Ranch | 1908 | 160.00 | 156.30 | 145 | Yes | 1863 Turpin's | No | Yes |
Sale deed; Romig's purchase |
Polk |
8120 Pacific Hwy West Rickreall OR 97371 |
5 miles South | Amity, OR | Landforce, Debora J.; Champeau, Donna A. | Yes | The grainery was used to... | Apples; Barley; Cherries;... | Grass seed; Wheat | No | Saturday, May 31, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and ranch history narrative; Property ownership documents; Aerial photograph; Copies of photographs; Farm expenses; Tax record; Agriculture career achievement award |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Gread Grandaughter | Iowa | 1 | ||||||
| SFR0027 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Hayward, James | Batchelder Farms, LLC | 1858 | 447.00 | 201.00 | 200 | No | No | Yes |
Document of Sale |
T1N-R2W-S9 |
Washington |
26245 NW West Union Rd. Hillsboro OR 97124 |
6 miles | Hillsboro | Batchelder Farms, LLC; Batchelder, Lewis W.; Spencer Gates Farms | Yes | First house likely in 1860,... | Grain; Hay; Timber | Clover; Fruit trees; Grains... | No | Monday, April 14, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Farm history narrative; Plat map; Document of sale; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Great Grandson | California | 1 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| CFR1206 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harmon, Oscar Lafayette | Harmon Farm | 1910 | 320.00 | 498.00 | 298 | No | Yes | Lyman Chapman Cert #1809 8/24/1895 | Yes |
Deeds of Sale through years |
T1N R44E S 28 &29 |
Wallowa |
82293 School Flat Rd. Wallowa OR 97885 |
Latitude 45.535278 Longitude 117.334955 | 8 miles | Enterprise, OR | Bacon, Lois A. | Yes | First house in 1894, later... | Barley; Hay; Oats; Potatoes;... | Conservation; Hay; Cattle | No | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Timeline of property ownership; Map of property; Deed records; Plat map; Property ownership records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great grandchild | Iowa | 1 |
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