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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CFR0011 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, William H. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #40 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Elliott, Darrell | No | Yes |
"My husband's great grandfather William H. Elliott traded a yoke of oxen for the Homestead rights to the original Donation Land Claim." Applicant still has 90 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and his wife | 0 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
CFR0959 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Youngberg, Nels B. and Hannah | Youngberg Century Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
2 1/2 miles SE of Carlton. |
Payne, Mark | No | no | unknown | Wheat, red clover, barley. | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Book excerpt on family history; Deeds; Map; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Mark Payne) | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0294 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Benjamin and Sarah | Kow Kamp Ranch | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 2 T 7 R 1W |
Marion |
In the Waldo Hills area. |
Davenport, Henry; Davenport, Eloise | No | At time of application:... | No |
Current property is 63.31 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Henry) | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR1226 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alley, Tom W. | Alley Ranch | 1915 | 639.00 | 1,971.00 | 1700 | No | No | No |
T1N R16E S28 |
Moro |
69713 Gordon Ridge Rd. Wasco OR 97065 |
9 miles | Moro, OR | Alley, Dwight D. | No | Wheat; Oats; Barley; Cattle;... | Wheat; Barley | No | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Deed records; Copies of photographs; Aerial photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson (Douglas P. Alley) | Tennessee | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0906 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rowell, Ziba M. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Manager | No | no | General farming. | Berries, grain, hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 97 acres in present farm. Farm was divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson & great great grandson | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0093 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, William DeLaFletcher (W.D.L.F.) | George W. Smith Ranch | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Land grant. Lots 3 & 4 of Sec 27 $ Lot 5 of Sec. 26 in T 25 S R 12 W |
Coos | Smith, George William (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy stock, fruit, fish,... | Fruit, beef stock, hay,... | No |
95.39 acres in original farm. 286 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Copy of land claim certificate; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
CFR1250 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tideman Johnson | Tideman Johnson Farm | 1880 | 60.00 | 8.00 | 2 | No | No | No |
T100 R1SIE S24 |
Multnomah |
3635 SE Johnson Creek Blvd. Portland OR 97282 |
in | Portland & Milwaukie | Permacutlure Institue for Children and Steve Johnson owner | No | First barn and home built in... | vegetables; sold at farm... | Vegetables, fruits, and... | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 | 2018 |
Application packet; narrative, map etc. |
Yes | No | OSU | Great grandson | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||
CFR0341 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stevens, Hanson | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #3059 | No | No |
116 acres T6 S, R 1 W |
Marion |
3 miles west of Mt. Angel, Oregon. Located on the west bank of the Pudding River |
Renter | No | No |
Hanson Stevens passed the property to Isaac Stevens, who passed the property to Willard Stevens -- the father of the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1960 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter; Notarized ownership document; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Keokuk, Iowa | 0 |