| 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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| CFR0897 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McAlister, James W. | McAlister Ranch | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 29, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 32 and the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 33 in T 1 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa | McAlister, Liza Jane | No | House, barns, sheds. | Dairy, hogs, hay, horses,... | cattle, horses, hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR1028 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heller, Louis | Heller Homestead | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Sec 27 T 27 S R 11 W |
Coos | Heller, Russell; Heller, Debbie | No | Oats, wheat, hay, vegetables... | Beef, timber. | No |
Charles Heller (Louis Heller's son) brought suit againt the California Railroad for rights to the homestead. He & other settles won suit. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Legal testimony for Louis Heller; Notice of hearing for railroad contest; Typewritten letter; Photocopies of photographs (original homestead before 1900, water wheel, water wheel building, sawmill, threshing, house, barn built in 1920). |
Yes | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Los Angeles, California | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0057 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kruse, John | Walberta Farm | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from a homesteader |
Section 183, S1E |
Clackamas | Kruse, Elmer W.; Kruse, Calvin W. | No | No |
"John Kruse, a steamboatman, bought the 208-acre farm in 1852. It is now owned by three generations of his descendants: his son Homer A. Kruse's widow, Rosa A. Kruse; his grandson Elmer W. Krue & wife Anna; and his gr.gdson Roger Kruse." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0193 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alford, Russell & Martha Jane Rodgers Alford | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 32 and 33 T 14 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Linn | No | No |
Albert Austin Alford inherited 67 acres from his father, Russell Alford. Albert Alford heired the farm to his children, Otto E. Alford, Velma Evans and Dillard Alford and they hold joint ownership. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten note; Affidavit; Excerpt from "Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Marion and Linn Counties, 1878." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Clayborne, Tennessee to Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0337 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #777 Oregon City | No | No |
181 acres |
Marion |
5 miles NW of Jefferson, 12 miles S of Salem |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0470 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Matheny, Daniel | 1843 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 33, 34 T 5 S R 3 W |
Yamhill |
8 miles S of Dayton on Hwy 221 |
Beaty, Jessie L.; Gilchrist, Lucile K. | No | No |
120 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Daniel Matheny to Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood (daughter); to Walter R. Kirkwood (grandson); to Lucile K. Gilchrist & Jessie L. Beaty (great granddaughters) |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughters | Independence, Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0607 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Howard, Thomas | Howard Ranch LLC (Thomas Howard Ranch) | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Harney | Howard, Thomas C.; Howard, Tom M. | No | Hay; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0737 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Taylor, Samuel H. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Klamath | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0866 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Demaris, Enoch | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 371 | No | Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 55 Walla Walla River Rd. |
Demaris, Meryl C., Jr. | No | None of the original... | Livestock, Hay, Fruit | Apples | No |
The original farm was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; List of family members; Deed; Certification of ownership. Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Atumwa, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0996 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Trowbridge, Bradford Cornelius | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
160 acres filed under the Preemption Act |
Grant |
Near City of John Day, Oregon. |
Trowbridge, B. A. | No | 2 barns and 1 cellar. | Vegetables for sale to the... | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
6000 acres in farm at present. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters (including letter from Thomas Vaughan); Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California via Illinois | 2 |
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