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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CFR0719 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kuhl, Peter & Julia | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Kuhl, Philip J., Jr. | No | Ice house and smith shop. | Shorthorn cattle, hay, swine... | Shorthorn cattle, sheep,... | No |
Henry R. Sels was a merchant and prominent figure in early Canyon City. "His daughter, Julia Sels Kuhl, married Peter Kuhl in 1878." (1) NOTE 1: Information for update was provided by the Grant County Historical Society, 8/16/2000. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt of Peter Kuhl from "History of Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties"; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
CFR0902 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fargher, Horatio A. | Fargher Ranch | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2 S R 14 E |
Wasco | No | House and barn. | Sheep, wool. | Wheat, barley, cattle. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 5560 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | son & daughter-in-law | Isle of Man | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0865 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Holdman Brothers -- Oro, Frank, Wade, William | Holdman Family Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Holdman Ranches Inc. | No | None of the original... | Sheep, Wheat | Wheat, Barley, Cattle | No |
The original property was divided twice, purchased by family members. The raising of wheat on the property began in 1893. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandfather and great uncles | Adams, Oregon | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0815 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Anson Evan | Horseshoe Hereford Ranch, Inc. | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Horseshoe Hereford Ranch, Inc. | No | no | Sheep, rye hay. | Cattle, hay, wheat. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Article. See 1990 Stories from Morrow County packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | married to Beth Wright Clark, granddaughter | Oregon | 4 | |||||||||||
CFR0900 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Magill, John B. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco |
Tygh Valley |
Magill, Owen J. | No | no | Sheep, horses, some cattle. | Cattle, hay, wheat. | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1700 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0766 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Thomas Fleming | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #812 | No | No |
Township 13S, Range 4W, sections 27,28,33,34 |
Linn | Smith, Wayne H. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Smoke House | Sheep, Horses, Cattle, Pigs,... | Ryegrass Seed | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application. Extensive family information sheet, original DLC record, deeds, probate of Mae Weber, maps, and a legal description. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0990 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, James Bruce | Flying O Cattle Co. Inc. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased property |
Baker |
hughway 26 E of John Day (9 Miles East of Unity) |
Baumeister, Everett and family | No | The original log house is... | Sheep, Horses, Cattle | Sheep, Cattle, Quarter horses... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Family history; Obituary; Real property record; Deeds; Family tree; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandfather | Montreal, Canada | Canada | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0838 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fridley, George Calvin | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 of Sec 21 T 2 N R 18 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Sherman |
9 1/2 miles NE of Wasco, OR. |
Thomas, Kent | No | no | Sheep, hay. Some grain later. | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land Office affidavit and application; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Linn County, Oregon | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1019 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Henderer, Charles G. & Emeline Meador Henderer | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
3 1/2 miles W of Elkton on Henderer |
Smith, Loyd I. | No | no | Sheep, hay, grain. | Sheep, hay, grain. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Photocopies of photographs; Family tree; Photographs; Biographical excerpt of John Henderer from "The Centennial History of Oregon (Vol. 1)." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Bavaria, Germany | 3 |