| 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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| CFR0869 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elam, Andrew Martin | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 5 N R 35 E, W.M. except a piece of land sold to the Trustees of the Milton Burying Ground. |
Umatilla |
west of city limits, Milton-Freewater, OR |
Piper, Richard Elwood | No | no | Wheat, cattle, horses. | Wheat, barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Abstract of Title; Family history; Photocopy of photograph. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Texas | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0789 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lichty, Nicholas | Nicholas Lichty Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
4 miles West of Silverton |
Steffen, Wayne A.; Steffen, Randy; Steffen, Richard | No | no | Wheat, oats, poultry, fruit,... | Strawberries, timber,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Chart of ownership; Family tree; Deeds, chain of ownership; Typewritten letters; Swiss family tree for Rosina Liechti. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and great great grandson | Switzerland to Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR1131 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Quinn, Charles James | 1895 | 160.00 | 4,578.00 | 2980 | No | Yes | Timber Culture Certificate No. 288 (1895) & Homestead Certificate No.1425 (1892) | No |
T 5 S, R 20 E, S 26NE |
Gilliam |
55044 Wehrli Canyon Loop Rd., Mayville, OR |
5.5 miles | Mayville | Jaeger, Henry Charles; Jaeger, William Gustav; Stangel, Francis N.; Stangel, Charles W. | No | St. Catherine's Mission... | Barley; Grain hay; Oats; Rye... | Barley; Wheat | No | Friday, May 1, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Homestead certificate; Handwritten warranty deed; Family history narrative; Probate records; Copies of photographs; Genealogy charts; Copy of aerial photo; Parcel map |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Nephews of Charles William Quinn, Grandson of Charles James Quinn | Canada | 1 | |||||||
| CFR0357 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Esson, Alexander & Christina Stevens | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ewing, Evanelle Esson; Renter. | No | No. Ida Esson Memorial... | beef cattle, pigs, corn, oats... | sheep, horses, strawberries,... | No |
In 1861 Alexander Esson purchased the first portion of this farm from Joseph & Virginia Cox. (This is different land) In 1866 he purchased additional land from Milton & Celia B. Young, which was a portion of the John C. Carey DLC. 320 acres in original and present farm. ***8/31/15 Update actual founding date is 1866, as the land purchased from Cox is different than the land from Milton Young (deed is being supplied for records which is the origination of the farm), the property purchased in 1861 was sold prior to purchase of this farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Email correspondence; Handwritten notes; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1605 | granddaughter | Scotland via New York | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR0275 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Freeland, Edward A. | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | James M. Kennedy DLC. | No | No |
T 14 R 3 W Sec 9 |
Linn |
Lake Creek Road, Halsey |
Renter | No | no | Grain | Ryegrass seed | No |
160 acres in original farm. 137.04 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR0968 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, Fred | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Purchased from Joseph and Lizzie Brown |
T4 - R1E - Sec 6 & 7 |
Clackamas |
5997 S. Anderson Rd. |
Anderson, Dick; Anderson, Marc | No | Barn that was built in 1939... | Flax, Hops, Small grains,... | Nursery stock, Vegetables,... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten note (Letter with family history information); Deed; Photocopy of photograph (original house). |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson and great grandson | Ashby, Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR1204 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeder, William H.; Reeder, Alice | W.H. Reeder's Westfork Farm | 1877 | 320.00 | 1,280.00 | 1275 | No | Yes | Certificate #5434 | No |
T4N R33EWM S1/2 of Section 25 plus E 1/2 section |
Umatilla |
47647 Reeder Rd. Pendleton OR 97801 |
13 miles | Pendleton | Reeder, Clinton B.; Reeder, Craig H. | No | First home in 1877/78, a... | Alfalfa; Barley; Grain Hay;... | Wheat | No | Monday, April 15, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Letter; Family history article; Farm history narrative; Newspaper articles; Wheat farming narrative; Magazine article; Land ownership documents; Copies of photographs; Historic map of property; Excerpt from "The Centennial story of Oregon"; Aerial photograph |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Eureka, Illinois | 3 | ||||||
| CFR0725 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Capt. Francis Marion | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 769 | No |
NW 1/4 of Sec 30 T 2 N R 11 E, W.M., containing 163.6 acres. |
Hood River | Hoffman, Bernice Jackson | No | Cemetary established in 1885. | Dairy and beef stock, hogs,... | Bartlett pears, some hay and... | No |
163.6 acres in original farm. 17.45 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Land deeds; Family History notes; F. M. Jackson and family background; Article |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Tennessee | 0 | |||||||||
| CFR0291 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, William and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
situated between Turner and Marion in Marion County |
No | No |
William Morris married for a second time to Martha Funston. They had a daughter Ada Crawford (applicant), who received a portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewrittten letters. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaugther (Ada), great grandson (E. L.) | Currituck, North Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0644 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Guttridge, Christopher Henney | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
4 miles SW of Estacada, 1/4 mile S of Springwater Store, Church & Grange. |
Guttridge, Joseph Z. | No | Barn on the property when he... | Grain, cattle, geese, prunes... | Chewings fescue for seed,... | No |
161 acres in original property. 60 acres in present farm. The farm was divided 3 times. Founder built a prune drier & packed & sold prunes to hotels in Portland. 2001, Joe & Wilma own 40 acres, 5 sons jointly own 20 ac. See file for more info. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | Scotland or England | 2 |
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