| 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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| CFR0404 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ridgeway, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 43 | No | No |
Sec 20, 21, 28, 29 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: John Ridgeway to William Ridgeway (son) and Mary E. Ridgeway (daughter); to Mary C. Stewart (daughter of William). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0405 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gilliam, Andrew Jackson | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
5 miles SW of Dallas on the Dallas-Falls City Road. |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Andrew Jackson Gilliam; to William Douglas Gilliam (son); to Annis Tilgner (granddaughter). 50 acres of original farm in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0406 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16, 17, 20, 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0407 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Billings, George & Emma | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
See application for additional info. |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of Ownership: George & Emma Billings; to Eudora Billings Bentley (daughter) to 1945; Ethel Bentley Winter (grandaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0408 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16, 17, 20, 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0409 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John Ceton | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0410 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baskett, George Johnston | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration forms. Registration Century Farm Celebration dated september 6, 1960. Applicant writes that the farm is "106" years old. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0411 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John C. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CFR0412 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John Ceton | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | Allen, J. Davis (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | At time of application: Grain... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Farm history; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0414 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Griffith, B. L. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SE of Independence |
Wells, Perry A. | No | Hay, grain, cattle. Original... | Cherries, prunes, pears,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 168 acres in present farm. A warehouse was located on the banks of the Willamette for shipping produce. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 |
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