| 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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| CFR0659 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Suter, Eli C. and James A. | Eli C. Suter Century Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Suter, Henry G.; Suter, George H. | No | Apples; Grain; Hay; Prunes;... | At time of application:... | No |
Eagle Creek is not in Clackamas County (noted by AB, 6/20/13) |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Photograph. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0426 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Glenn, Tobert T. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | McKenzie, Clyde H. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | yes | Hogs, cattle, hay, wheat,... | Cattle, wheat, barley, oats,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 860 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history; Photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Wapello, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0819 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brooks, David | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Brooks, Burton M.; Brooks, Helen | No | no | Cattle, hay, grain, pigs,... | Beef cattle, hay, raspberries... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 47.36 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 4 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogical information. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0264 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, Joseph Ambrose | 1863 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
3 miles northwest of Lebanon |
Renter | No | barn | wheat, oats, timothy hay | Ryegrass, fescue, oats, barley | No |
165 acres in original farm. 165 acres in present farm |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0862 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Whittaker, Henry | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Whittaker, James K. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Sheep | Barley, Wheat, Cattle | No |
The original property has never been divided. The property has been added to. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | England | England | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0364 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | King, Jane | 1860 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Humphreys, Robert (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Oats, wheat, cattle, horses,... | Grass seed, sheep. | No |
113 acres in original farm. 250 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Deed, Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0359 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Yergen, August | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
Rt. 2 Aurora, Oregon |
Brother of applicant | No | no | grain, hay, cattle | grain, hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 68 acres in present farm (divided 2 times). Certification of Ownership notes that property is recorded in 1864 Marion County Deed Records. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Muscatine, Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR0820 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Butler, Euphemia | Big Oak Butler (Clinton) Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Multnomah | Clinton, Ralph N.; Clinton, Bessie M. | No | None of the original... | Fruit trees. | Pasture, Beef cattle, Horses... | No |
The application has extensive notes in each of the above categories. For the sake of space, I have not included those notes here. Please see original application. The property was divided once into 5 sections. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Land patent; Deed; Newspaper article; Extensive notes on the history of the property; Genealogical information. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | maternal great grandmother | "somewhere back East" | 1 |
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