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 |
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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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CFR1020 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 222 | No | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4, the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the fractional SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 2 & 3 of Sec 15 T 27 S R 6 W, containing 320 acres. |
Douglas | Scheleen, Donald K. | No | Milkhouse | Cows - had separator - sold... | Beef cattle, chickens, pigs,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Farm history; Donation land claim entry; Deed; Genealogy, Maps. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Indiana | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0788 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Goodknecht, Peter | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Thomas Miller |
Marion |
1078 Cascade Hwy NE, Silverton, OR |
Riches, Robert L. | No | Barn | Hops, Wheat, Oats, Cattle,... | Grass seed, Wheat, Sugar... | No |
Property was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Switzerland, Kansas | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0923 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Meyer, George F.C. | Goetze Family Limited Partnership | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Jasper J. Clark |
Washington | Goetze, Norman; Goetze, Barbara | No | None of the original... | Clover, Oats, Wheat, Dairy,... | Alfalfa, Clover, Wheat, Oats... | No |
This property has never been divided, but it has been added to. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandsn | Indiana | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0578 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shafer, James Wesley | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Belsma, Ronnie | No | "Little Club" Wheat... | At time of application: Wheat... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Farm history; Articles; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Pennsylvania | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0610 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benfield, Frederick and Charlotte | Benfield Family Farm | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Benfield, Shelley Vera | No | Hay; Percheron horses;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Farm business card; Handwritten note; Abstract of title; Receipts; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
SFR0034 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | McCoy, John; McCoy, Sara | Smith Bros. Farms, LLC | 1845 | 640.00 | 180.00 | 174 | Yes | DLC #50 | No | No |
T12S R4WWM S17 |
Linn |
Westside of Peoria road, South of Harvest Drive, across from Peoria Gardens, 32355 Peoria Rd. 97321 |
6 | Corvallis | Smith Bros Farm LLC | No | Johm McCoy House | Wheat; Sheep; Dairy cattle;... | Wheat; Clover; Meadowfoam;... | No |
CFR1071; traced it back even further to a Niece of John McCoy, Irene Maley |
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family tree; Family history narrative; Plat maps; Deed records; Article; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Great newphew | 3 | ||||||
CFR0583 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Joel C. | Joel C. Johnson Farms | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco | Johnson, James Q.; Johnson, Steven Q. | No | Grain; Cattle; Horses; Sheep. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Family history; Newspaper article; Homestead certificates; Maps; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Maine and Idaho | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR1040 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Louis; Wilson, Emma | Roy A Bowers & Sons Inc. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T T 14S, R 4W, S 22 |
Linn |
30290 Nixon Dr. Halsey OR 97348 |
Kari Bowers (daughter in law) & Don Bower's Son (Eric Bowers) | No | Oats; Wheat; Cattle; Chickens... | At time of application: Grass... | No | Friday, November 30, 2001 | 2002 |
Application; Family history; Mortgage; Deed. |
No | Yes | OHS | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0570 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Capon, John Urban | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Capon, J. Donald | No | Hay; Rye grain; Vegetables;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Family history; Diary excerpts; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | England | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0785 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Simmons, Asa B. | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion | Simmons, Robert L.; Simmons, Nancy G. | No | None of the original... | Grain, Hay, Dairy cows | Wheat, Corn, Beans, Peas,... | No |
The property was divided four times, between the original heirs. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Family history timeline; Typewritten letter. Listing of the property history, along with family history; letter to CFR program regarding property. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | 2 |