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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CFR0472 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chapman, William | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
1/2 mile SW of Sheridan |
Dickey, Helen E.; Dickey, Glen | No | Dairy, grain | No |
640 acres in original farm. Chain of ownership: William Chapman, 1852 to 1911; Frank Chapman (son) to 1934; Glen & Helen E. Dickey (granddaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
CFR0407 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Billings, George & Emma | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
See application for additional info. |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of Ownership: George & Emma Billings; to Eudora Billings Bentley (daughter) to 1945; Ethel Bentley Winter (grandaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0545 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, William | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman |
1 1/2 miles due W of Moro |
Cranston, Michael | No | Original section of the farm... | Wheat, pigs, draft horses,... | Wheat, barley. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Prineville, Oregon | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0238 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tindall, Charles and Ruth Marion | 1953 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
section 10 of T 10 S R 2 W |
Linn | Sims, Hazel; Standley, Venus; Bowman, Mabel; Rice; Pearl. | No | No |
Charles and Ruth Tindall passed land to children A.C. Tindall, Lloyd Tindall, and Marion Tindall (father of applicant). At the death of Marion Tindall in 1956, he heired 80 acres to four daughters: Hazel Sims, Venus Standley, Mable Bowman, and Pearl Rice. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0198 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Burkhart, Leander C. & Malissa Ann Burkhart, wife | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 8, T 11 S R 3 W |
Linn | No | No |
640 acres in original farm of which a portion was heired to Hezekiah and then Leander K. Burkhart. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0408 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16, 17, 20, 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0061 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mark, Alexander K. | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Section 20 T4S R1E |
Clackamas | Mark, Vesta Irene | No | no | Dairy cattle, hay, grain | Hay, grain. | No |
"Upon death of Alexander Marks my father J. Colman Mark received 80 acres and bought more later from other heirs. Upon my father's death in 1934 I acquired the farm." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Correspondence; Copy of land claim certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0199 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Froman, Isaac R.; Froman Eliza Jane | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 22 T 11 S R 3 W, containing 87.06 acres |
Linn | No | No |
7.5 acres in present farm. Applicant's sister, Zella M. Burkhart retains the balance of the original farm. Property inherited from Lola A. Burkhart, direct heir of founder. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0870 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Denninge, Mathias | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 721, App. # 1093 | No |
SW 1/4 Sec 2 T 3 N R 33 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
10 miles NE of Pendleton, OR. |
Woodward, Ethel B.; Woodward, Don A. | No | no | Wheat, some livestock. | Wheat, barley, oats, peas. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Calumet, Michigan | 1 |