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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CFR0807 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lindsay, John and Catherine Anne (Winters) Kincaid | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Kincaid, Lindsay J.; Kincaid, Diana M. | No | Two barns used for storage | Wheat, Cattle, Mules, Horses... | Dryland wheat, Barley, Cattle... | No |
Property has been divided once. The first crop grown on the land was 25 acres of wheat. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Note; Article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Antioch, Ohio by way of Hays, Kansas | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
SFR0053 | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Albert Wright | Midway Ranches | 1873 | 120.00 | 6,000.00 | 6000 | No | No | Yes |
Deed record |
T3S and 4S R25E S36 |
Morrow |
57560 Wright Drive Heppner OR 97836 |
45.15' 26"N 119 degrees 39' 40" W | 12 miles | Heppner | Gerald and Dianna Wright Hoeft | Yes | 1873 home is now the Family... | Hay sheep, horses | Alfalfa hay, pasture, cattle... | No | Friday, March 3, 2023 | 2023 |
Flash Drive with photos, maps, narrative applications. Succession tree lineage |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Great Granddaughter | Indiana | not given | 1 | |||||
CFR0904 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ingels, Patrick C. | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 13 E, containing 120 acres. |
Wasco |
13 miles SW of Dufur, Oregon. |
Smith, Keith | No | barn | Wheat, barley. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family Birth Register; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Petaluma, California | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR1219 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cappoen, Theophile | Taghon Farm | 1915 | 40.00 | 72.55 | 55 | No | No | Yes |
Sales Deed record |
T1N R3W S33 |
Washington |
1645 NW Cornelius-Schefflin Rd. Cornelius OR 97113 |
.85 miles | Cornelius | Finegan, Joseph; Finegan, Jennifer | Yes | First house built in 1915 and... | Barley; Hay; Oats; Peas;... | No | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Aerial photograph; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great great grandson | Minnesota | Belgium | 2 | ||||||
CFR1166 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smutz, I. D. | 1910 | 749.00 | 733.00 | 733 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
T 3, R 38, S 21,22,28 |
Union |
60040 Foothill Rd. LaGrande, OR 97850 |
3 miles | LaGrande | Smutz, Lawrence; Smutz, Barbara | Yes | Lawrence & Barb live in... | Grain; Hay; Chickens; Cows;... | Barley; Hay; Wheat; Cattle;... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Content list; Famly history narrative; Farm history; Ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Westermoreland County, PA and Agncey City, Iowa | 3 | |||||||
CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0921 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vanderzanden, John | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Joseph Huber |
Washington | Vanderzanden, Aloysius R. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Grain, Strawberries (... | Blackcap raspberries, Grain | No |
Of the original 140 acres, 60 acres was sold to John's daughter and son-in-law. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Dupere, Wisconsin | Holland | 2 | |||||||||
CFR1226 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alley, Tom W. | Alley Ranch | 1915 | 639.00 | 1,971.00 | 1700 | No | No | No |
T1N R16E S28 |
Moro |
69713 Gordon Ridge Rd. Wasco OR 97065 |
9 miles | Moro, OR | Alley, Dwight D. | No | Wheat; Oats; Barley; Cattle;... | Wheat; Barley | No | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Deed records; Copies of photographs; Aerial photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson (Douglas P. Alley) | Tennessee | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0841 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Charles W. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Sherman |
5 miles East of Moro on Monkland Road |
Thompson, Ronald D. | No | Barn. | Wheat, hay, cattle. | Wheat, barley. | No |
Owners of the Monkland farm: Donald D. Thompson 1/2; Norma Cushing 1/6; Lois Murphy 1/6; Priscilla Wilson 1/6. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family genealogy; Photocopies of photographs (photo of Monkland, 1893, photo of C.W. Thompson & Family, 1893); Deeds; Homestead certificates. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Iowa | 0 |