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 |
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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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CFR0321 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, James and Cecilia | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Merten, Maurice H.; Merten, Mary McKay | No | No |
The applicant and her husband currently farm 142 acres of the original property. The first grist mill in Oregon was built and operated by James McKay on the property. The applicant has a piece of the original mill stone in the yard of her home. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten letter; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0455 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, William J. | Robinson Farm | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | Clover (hay); Grain; Timothy... | No |
See CFR0454 for additional info and co-owner. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Farm history; Newspaper article |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0722 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stone, Wells Wilcott and Eva Livonia Stone | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | McKern, Jay E. | No | Orchard; Cattle; Horses;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0723 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cecil, William Carrol and Logan Cecil | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Harney | Mayo, Carl | No | Buildings near Curry Spring,... | Horses, mules. | Cattle, hay. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 25000 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter & great grandson | Missouri to California | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0852 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Scott, William H. H. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
E. 1/2 sec 15, Twp 4N, R 34E WM |
Umatilla |
Rt. 1 Box 65 Athena, OR |
Scott, Joseph Jay | No | None of the original... | Wheat | Wheat, Peas | No |
The property has never been divided. There were 320 acres in the original farm, and there are 320 acres in the farm today. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois and Missouri | 0 | |||||||||
CFR1113 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olson, John; Olson, August | Olson Farms | 1905 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T One South, R Three East, S 34 |
Clackamas |
4 miles from Gresham |
4 miles | Gresham | Olson, Donald W. | No | Original house that was on... | Grain; Hay; Potatoes;... | Corn; Nursery stock; Pumpkins... | No | Sunday, May 28, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed; Copies of photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Wilbur Olson (son of August); Donald Olson (grandson of August) | Sweden | Swedish | 2 | ||||||
CFR0009 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayden, Thomas C. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #38 | No | No |
T 14 S R 8 W |
Benton | Earnest, Pearl Hayden | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0289 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Claggett, Charles | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR0422 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shumway, James S. | A. R. Shumway Farms | 1870 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 31 T 5 N R 36 E and Lots 1 & 2 and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 6 and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 5 T 4 N R 36 E W.M. |
Umatilla |
Rt. 1, Couse Creek |
Shumway, Arthur (Mrs.) | No | Barn. | Wheat, dairy (butter) | Wheat, peas, beef cattle. | No |
150 acres in original farm. 410 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter-in-law | Spring Hill, Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0561 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Etzel, Joseph | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 4 T 9 R 1 E |
Marion | Etzel, Theodore Miles | No | Part of the house. | unknown | Strawberries, sweet corn,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Handwritten notes; Photographs; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Russia via Kansas | 2 |