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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CFR0428 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, George Grant | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Gray, Aldon H. | No | yes | Cattle and grain. | Sheep, hay, grain. | No |
1000 acres in original farm. 570 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0438 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Creighton, David C. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco | Renken, Richard L. | No | yes | Wheat, hay, apples, peaches,... | Cherries, hay, cattle. | No |
340 acres in original farm. 120 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Endorsement page. Recorded history of David Creighton from An Illustrated History of Central Oregon; Western Historical Publishing Company Publishers; Spokane, Washington, 1905. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Columbus, Ohio | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0650 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Aden, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Midway between Stafford and Wilsonville |
Aden, Alton K.; Graves, Elva A. | No | yes | cleared in preparation for... | Small grains, hay, filberts. | No |
94 acres in original farm. 49.68 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0652 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scheer, George | George Scheer Century Farm | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 13 T 4 S R 1 E. |
Clackamas |
6 miles SE of Canby |
Scheer, Robert G. | No | yes | Cereal, grain, hay, clover... | No |
120 acres in original farm. 96 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Deed |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0680 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Flam, John | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos |
Bear Creek |
Ertel, Edward (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | yes | Hay, corn, carrots,... | Sheep, cattle. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 320 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | Pilgersdorf, Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0774 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hovenden, Amos | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
2 miles North of Woodburn |
Hovenden, Howard | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, small... | Small fruits, corn, grain,... | No |
330 acres in original property. 95 acres in present property. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0781 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | West, Ashby | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Renter | No | yes | Grain, hay, milk cows, horses. | Grain, row crops. | No |
62 acres in original farm. 33 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0826 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riddell, William; Rae, David | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | McCrae, Kenneth R. | No | yes | Grain, hay, Cotswold sheep,... | Registered sheep, cattle,... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 636 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Scotland to Canada to Albany, Oregon | Scottish | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0883 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McDonald, Hiram | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
3 1/2 miles NE of Summerville. |
Renter | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Hogs, cattle, wheat, barley,... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri to Willamette Valley to Union Co. | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0998 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Armstrong, George | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Plympton, Kathleen; Plympton, Fred G.; Renter | No | yes | Shopshire sheep (introduced... | Pasture. | No |
187.20 acres in original farm. 15 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Handwritten notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | England | 1 |