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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CFR1008 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Matthew | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.) | No | No - fire burned. | Sheep, cattle, pasture, horses | Cattle, pasture | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Citizen certification; Homestead application; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | niece-in-law | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1010 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, Owen | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 328, Application # 3608 | No |
Sec 4 & 9 T 17 S R 27 E |
Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | Cellar, blacksmith shop,... | Sheep, cattle, horses, native... | Hay; Rye; Cattle; Horses;... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Homestead Certificate; Affidavit of Publication; Homestead Proof; Final Homestead Affidavit; Citizenship Certification; Obituary. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||
CFR1009 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keerins, David | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
Izee Oregon |
Keerins, Bonham (Irene W.); Keerins, Michael E. | No | no | Timber, pasture, sheep,... | Pasture, cattle, horses. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Obituary; Typewritten letter; Grant County record of filings on land; Timber culture certificate; Biographical excerpt from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | niece-in-law & grandnephew | King County, Ireland | Irish | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR1240 | Century Ranch | William H. and Charles H. Colton | Charles M. Colton & Sons | 1917 | 480.00 | 320.00 | 320 | No | No | No |
T8 R40 EW S4/5 |
Baker |
45887 Slough Rd. Baker City OR 97814 |
8 miles | Baker City OR | Robert & Lorene Colton and son Michael Colton wife Kathy | Yes | 1st house not known but burnt... | Pasture, sheep for meat/wool... | grass hay cattle | No | Saturday, April 29, 2017 | 2017 |
Deeds, photos, maps, narrative |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Robert Great grandson, Michael great great grandson of William H. | 2 | |||||||||
CFR1132 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Dement, Russell C. | Dement Ranch LLC | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 31S, R 13W, S 17,16,22,23 |
Curry |
12 miles west of Powers, OR |
12 miles | Powers | Dement, Samuel; Simon, Gary; Simon, Diane; Harpole, Ron; Harpole, Joan | No | No buildings on this portion... | Beef cattle | Beef cattle | No | Friday, May 1, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Ranch history narrative; Warranty deed; Reprint from OHS Quarterly, March 1962, "After the Covered Wagons: Recollections of Russell C. and Ellis S. Dement", by Russell C. Dement; Issue of Persimmon Hill, Spring 2009, article on Dement Ranch. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Sam Dement is grandson of Russell Dement | Ohio | 0 | |||||||
CFR0944 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Beringer, William R. | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 11 T 2 W R 3 S, W.M., containing 40 acres. |
Washington | Tessman, Tom | No | House and barn. | Chickens, cows, pigs,... | Vetch | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Phone message memo; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0320 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Miller, George B. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Charles Stewart |
Marion |
4 miles W of Gervais. |
Miller, B. J. J.; Miller, Nora | No | Brush, Timber | Crop land, Diversified... | No |
Applicant currently owns 96 acres of the original 786 acres property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement;1959 state fair celebration registration form; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | crossed the plains in 1852 | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0818 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Moulton, George Frederick | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah |
6 1/2 miles E of Gresham on Lusted Rd. |
Moulton, Lewis C.; Moulton, Audrey | No | No | Land not cleared, but later... | Nursery stock, berries. | No |
40 acres in original farm. 20 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 1/2 mile N of original farm | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0355 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, John F. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Smith, A. J. | No | Historic: Lumber; Cattle;... | At time of application: Fruit... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Typewritten letters; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Son | 2 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0293 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Benjamin and Sarah | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 2 T 7 R 1W |
Marion |
In the Waldo Hills area. |
Davenport, D. C. | No | Grass seed | No |
Current applicants owns 50 acres of original property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 0 |