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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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CFR0992 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeder, Simon M. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #6751 | No | No |
Trac # 2 to 8 incl. N 1/2 of S. M. Reeder DLC, and tracts # 2 to 7 sections 26 and 35 T3N R1W -- total of 140 acres |
Multnomah |
on Sauvie Island |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Court certification; Typewritten letters; Affidavits (includes a long affidavit from the family describing the genealogical relationships). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0991 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Buchanan, John A. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased indentured land from OR state |
Benton |
Approx. 10 miles South of Corvallis on Greenberry Road where Beaver Creek and Muddy Creek join. |
Buchanan, David V.; Buchanan, Margaret S. | No | A machine shed is still... | Wheat, Grain, Horses, Dairy... | Sheep, Filberts, Wine grapes | No |
A small winery (Tyee Wine Cellars) is located on the farm. In the early 1900's the family raised race horses on this property. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deeds; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Scotland | Scotland | 2 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
CFR0989 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, Frank O. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased land from OR state that had been indentured land from William Owen |
Baker | Anderson, David M. | No | Barn, Grainary, and House are... | Shorthorn cattle, Hogs,... | Cattle, Grain, Hay | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Deed; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Nebraska | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0988 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Sebird | Elliot Ranches, Inc | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Pre-empted Land through La Grande Land Office |
Baker |
1 Mile west of Bridgeport |
Elliott, Harry Newell; Lewis, Richard; Lewis, Barbara Elliott | No | The barn at the main ranch is... | Meadow hay, Cattle, Horses | Cattle, Hay, Alfalfa, Barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Typewritten letter; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Inez, Kansas | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0987 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Kopp, John and Franz Kopp | Kopp Ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Original homestead of Franz and John Kopp in 1898 | Yes |
Purchased from Mary McCorky |
2 S 30E Section 24 and 25 2 S 301/2 E Section 13 |
Umatilla |
15 miles south of Pilot Rock off State highway 395 |
Kopp, Richard | No | The original house is still... | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Wheat | Cattle, Dryland wheat, Barley... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history, Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Service Files | great great nephew of John and great grandson of Franz | Germany | Germany | 1 | ||||||
CFR0986 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Mullally, John and Catherine | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Homestead cert #1509 | No |
2 S 29 E Section 10 |
Morrow |
Road No. 86307 Mile post 60 highway 74 |
McLaughlin, Elizabeth; McLaughlin, Robert | No | Horse barn 25 by 50 feet and... | Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Turkeys... | Cattle, Grass | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great nephew | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0984 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Hill, William F. | Hill Land LLC and Hill Land & Cattle LLC | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T40S R10E Sectin 26 S 1/2 of SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 total 160 acres |
Klamath |
1.5 to 2 miles N. of Merrill, Oregon on Hill Rd. |
Hill, David; Hill, Dean F.; Hill, William F., III; Brant, Laura | No | Original house still stands... | Alfalfa hay; Barley; Grass... | Cattle | No |
"David Hill lives on the original property today." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Abstract of title; Maps; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandchildren | Illinois and Michigan | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0983 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Read, Lilly | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Aaron and Manda Aaron |
N 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 34 and W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 35, TS12S, R13E |
Jefferson | Read, J. Herschel; Read, Kenny | No | Residence and barn still... | Dryland wheat, Cattle (... | Cattle (commercial and... | No |
Ranch is being run today by Herschel Read and Kenny Read. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Ranch history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Grizzly Mountain Area, Crook County, Oregon | 3 |