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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CFR0677 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Louis | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 4230, Application # 7242 | No |
NE 1/4 Sec 1 T 6 N R 4 W, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Columbia | Johnson, Frederick R. | No | no | By April 1895 had cleared 5... | Beef cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Land deed. Homestead Affidavit. Homestead Proof Testimony. Citizenship Certificate. Posting of Notice. Hand-drawn Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0596 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, James Francis | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate # 3482, application # 5781 | No | Wallowa |
1 1/2 mile W of Enterprise |
Davis, Donald H. | No | House is original | grass, hay, some grain,... | grass, hay | No | Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Handwritten note (regarding applicant's genealogy); Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Iowa or Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0986 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Mullally, John and Catherine | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Homestead cert #1509 | No |
2 S 29 E Section 10 |
Morrow |
Road No. 86307 Mile post 60 highway 74 |
McLaughlin, Elizabeth; McLaughlin, Robert | No | Horse barn 25 by 50 feet and... | Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Turkeys... | Cattle, Grass | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great nephew | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0840 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Martin, Leroy H. and Amanda | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1409 | No |
See attached legal description. |
Sherman |
3 3/4 miles SE of Moro. |
Martin, Robert L. | No | no | Barley, oats, wheat, cattle,... | Barley, wheat, cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds, Legal description of property; Excerpt from "History of Central Oregon" (Bios of Leroy H. Martin and his father, John Rusco Martin). |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Robert L. Martin) | Umatilla County | Scotish | 2 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||
CFR0744 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Corum, Samuel G. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | pre-emption filing #3094 | No | Lake | Iverson, Lawrence; Iverson, Marjorie Corum | No | None of the original... | Oats, Rye, Horses, Cattle,... | Wild Hay, Alfalfa, Cattle | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Non-mineral affidavit; Homestead records; Desert Land Act records; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter and grandson-in-law | Missouri | 3 |