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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CFR0418 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Donaldson, Joseph G | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook | Donaldson, Joseph W. | No | no | Grass, hay, sheep, cattle. | Grass, silage, cattle. | No |
200 acres in original farm. 162 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Georgia | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0767 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crooks, Samuel T. | Hoefer Farms | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Viola Johnson |
Linn | Hoefer, Leslie; Hoefer, Jack | No | A barn | Wheat, Cattle, Horses, Pigs,... | Wheat, Barley, Garlic,... | No |
Original farm has been divided 4 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application. Genealogy notes, copy from family bible, quitclaim deed, property assessment, maps, purchase receipt. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Great Grandfather | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0335 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riches, George P. S. and Mary J. | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
639.39 acres sections 26, 27, 34, 35 of T7S R1W |
Marion |
12 miles E of Salem in Waldo Hills |
No | No |
George Riches gave the land to his son Charles R. Riches, who became the owner of 373 acres. Applicant is his daughter, and owns 1/7 of original farm (53 acres). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0687 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKenzie, Robert | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Curry |
Elk River to North |
Wahl, Georgina | No | Burned in 1936 coast fire. | Timber, cows. | Sheep, cattle. | No |
Indians lived on the farm & there is a burial site on the ranch. Brought first "donkey engine" to the area. Had a dairy ranch and shipped butter to San Francisco. 840 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Scotland via Australia | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1027 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Joseph A. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Giles |
Sec 19 & 20 T 29 S R 12 W |
Coos |
1 mile W on Catching Creek, Myrtle Point. |
Children of Joseph A. Deavenport | No | Farm house built prior to... | Beets, timber, oats, corn,... | Hay, a few beef and sheep. | No |
200 acres in present farm of original 400. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Typewritten letter of family history. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services File | grandson | England to Wisconsin to Ferndale, California | England | 2 | |||||||
CFR0253 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Meeker, John & Lydia | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0605 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Michaels, Lawrence | Michaels Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Michaels, Lawrence; Michaels, Troy | No | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Ranch history; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter of approval. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0944 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Beringer, William R. | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 11 T 2 W R 3 S, W.M., containing 40 acres. |
Washington | Tessman, Tom | No | House and barn. | Chickens, cows, pigs,... | Vetch | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Phone message memo; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | California | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0154 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Sarah S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 42 | No | No |
Sec 17 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Cox, Lillian Ayres | No | No |
40 acres of original DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Sarah S. Benson 1851-1899; Mary E. Ayres to 1927; Lillian Ayres Cox to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0524 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Owens, Thomas | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Renter | No | Hay; Oats; Wheat; Cattle;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Typewritten letters; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 |