| 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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| CFR0692 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Arrington, James M. & Kitty Ann C. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Ollivant, Don (Thomas D.) | No | no | Tobacco | Sheep, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 570 acres in present farm. Farm divided many times. Last tribe of local Indians massacred in yard of farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0949 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, Christian and Cecilia | 1883 | 0.00 | 41.00 | 41 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from N. N. Burton and May Burton |
Yamhill |
2 miles north of Yamhill on Hwy 47 at Cty Rd 273. Physical address of farm is 19035 NE Cove Orchard Rd. Yam hill 97148-3.9.16 |
2 miles | Yamhill OR | Dromgoole, Gordon C. | No | None of the original... | wheat, oats, clover, cattle,... | wheat, barley, oats, clover,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Typewritten letter; Photocopy of photograph; Oregon Pacific Railroad advertisement; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Sebringsville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | 2 | |||||||
| CFR0788 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Goodknecht, Peter | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Thomas Miller |
Marion |
1078 Cascade Hwy NE, Silverton, OR |
Riches, Robert L. | No | Barn | Hops, Wheat, Oats, Cattle,... | Grass seed, Wheat, Sugar... | No |
Property was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Switzerland, Kansas | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| CFR0356 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Eoff, John Leonard | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Parts of # 8, 46 & 90. | No | No | Marion | Eoff, Asel C. | No | no | grain, purebred work horses,... | grain, hay | No |
640 acres in original farm. 126 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; General Land Office document; 1959 Obituary for J. L. Eoff; Deed of DLC of George & Nancy Eoff. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR1017 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bush, Howard Lee | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Benton | Bush, Gracen Lee | No | Barn | Sheep, goats, horses,... | Cattle, hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Clay Co., Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR0822 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Charlton, Joseph and Margaret C. | Charlton Farm | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah |
Sauvie Island |
Charlton, James H. | No | no | Dairy | Hay crops, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; James H. Charleton obituary; Phone message memo; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 1845 from Missouri (member of the "lost" Meek wagon train" | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0887 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinnis, John L. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
1 mile West of Dry Creek School. |
Rhoads, Charles E. | No | Part of original house (... | Livestock, grains, lumber. | Grass seed, wheat. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; County tax record; Board minutes; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0046 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baker, Endymian and Sarah Jane | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
The N 1/2 of the N 1/2 and Lots one, two, three, and four of section 21 T3S R1W of W.M. |
Clackamas | Baker, Lowell D. | No | No |
Land passed from original pioneers to their son Allison Baker and his wife Florence. The current applicant owns 20 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Letter of acknowledgement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0951 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cary, Joseph John (a.k.a. Job or Jobe) | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachments. |
Yamhill | Williams, Hugh Ed; Williams, Stephan; Williams, Alice Kolene | No | no | Oats, hay for livestock, hops. | Hay, beef cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Excerpt from "History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon (Vol. 3)"; Newspaper articles; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Yamhill County, Oregon | 3 |
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