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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CFR0027 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, John | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
12 miles S. of Corvallis on the old Territorial Road. 25450 Starr Creek Road, Corvallis. |
Scruggs, Thella Rickard | No | Peter Rickard Farmstead built... | Yes |
At the death of John Rickard, a portion of the property passed to "my father, Peter Rickard
I inherited 107 acres of the original DLC." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR1163 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Santoro, Bruno | Santoro Farm | 1910 | 20.00 | 80.00 | 75 | No | No | Yes |
Deed |
T 1, R 2, S 23 |
Washington |
22050 SW Rosedale Rd, Beaveton, OR 97007 |
5 Miles | Beaverton | Santoro, Joe | No | Hay; Logan berries;... | Hay; Oats; Beef cattle;... | No | Monday, May 17, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Hand drawn map of property boundaries; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Son | Spezzano-Piccolo Italy | Italian | 2 | ||||||
CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
SFR0036 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Looney, Jesse; Looney, Ruby | Jesse & Ruby Looney Farm | 1846 | 638.00 | 400.00 | 400 | Yes | DLC #53, registration # 705 | No | No |
T9S R3W S26 Tax lot #800 |
Marion |
13892 Jefferson Hwy 99E SE Jefferson, OR 97352 |
12 miles | Salem | Cox, Smith; Cox, Teresa | No | First house in 1844 by Jesse... | Oats; Barley; Wheat; Hay;... | Grass seed; Broccoli; Sweet... | No | Friday, April 29, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Property map; Plat maps; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Great Great Grandaughter (Louise Cox); GGGG Grandson (Smith Cox) | Tennessee | 1 | ||||||
SFR0012 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Ranch | King, John | 1849 | 119.00 | 312.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
Hwy 214 Silver Falls Hwy at the 20 mile post |
10 miles | Sublimity | Scott, Guy; Scott, Mary Ann | No | Grains; Grass seed; Hops;... | Christmas trees; Pasture;... | No | Sunday, October 28, 2007 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten family history narrative; Ancestral chart; Newspaper articles; Family and farm history; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great-great grandson of John King. | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0675 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cahill, Thomas | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clatsop |
4 miles W of Birkenfeld |
Nordstrom, Francis | No | no | Hay, cows, pigs, chickens,... | Hay, beef cows. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 80 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Deed; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letters; Obituary. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sligal, Ireland | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0594 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hudemann, Julius | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Umatilla County, 4-369 | No |
NW 1/4 section 33 Tp 4 N R 33 |
Umatilla |
12 miles NE of Pendleton, Oregon |
Perkins, Mark | No | House, bunk house, machine... | wheat, oats, barley, orchard... | wheat, barley | No |
Son Henry Hudemann operated farm from 1906-1937; grandson Ferdie Hudemann operated farm from 1937-1990; Mr. Mark Perkins (nephew in law of Ferdie Hudemann) has operated from from 1990 to present |
Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Application; Homestead testimony of witness; Homestead affidavit; Typewritten letter; Statement of affirmation. |
Yes | Yes | Field Services Files | grandson | McLean County, Illinois | 1 | ||||||||
CFR1172 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Thompson, George Washington; Thompson, Mary Amelia Thiele | Thompson Place | 1882 | 350.00 | 350.00 | 350 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed |
T23 S, R5W, S 22,23,24,26 |
Douglas |
Red Hill Road Oregon - no street address |
10 miles | Yoncalla | James B. Langdon | Yes | Hay & Sheep Barn 1907-1910 | Hay; Wheat; Cattle; Goats;... | Hay; Timber; Cattle; Horses | No | Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Property records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Muscatine County Iowa | German | 0 | |||||
CFR0423 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anson, William, George & Joseph | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
1 1/2 miles Southeast of island City, OR. |
Son of applicant | No | Yes | Livestock, grain, hay,... | wheat, barley, alfalfa, peas | No |
240 acres in original farm. 193 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. William bought the farm in 1862. He was joined later in 1862 by his brother George. Brother Joseph took over farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law of Joseph Anson | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0772 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Charles | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | No | no | Sheep | No |
640 acres in original farm. 57 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Tax statements, family tree, and notes on the lives of Charles Benson and Absalom Greenstreet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Greenbrier County, Virginia | 1 |