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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CFR0097 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mast, William P. | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | SW 1/4 of Sec 1 T 28 S R 12 W, W.M. | No | Coos | Mast, Hollis | No | no | Cattle, horses, hogs,... | Dairy cattle, pasture, hay... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 1200 acres in present farm. 80 acres of original part of current property. See CFR0098 for information regarding the other 80 acres. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Map of homestead; Application; Short narrative about William P. Mast in "Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties"; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0462 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Williams, Richard and Kejiah | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Sunday, November 30, 1958 | 1959 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0809 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Devin, Mifflin Jay and Sara Elizabeth Devin | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow |
8.5 miles NE of Heppner |
Robinson, Merlyn Kirk; Robinson, Donald O. | No | two barns | Cattle | Registered Polled Hereford... | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Bolivar, Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR1070 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Richardson, Charles W. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 10, R 1, S 15,16 |
Linn | Richardson, James T. | No | Grain; Feed; Vegetables;... | At time of application: Trees. | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Homestead documents; Legal description of property; Photocopies of photographs. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0296 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shaw, George W. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0648 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Athey, Mathew | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Schaber, William F. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Grain, hay, cattle. | Grain, hay, clover seed,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 40 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Virginia | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0988 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Sebird | Elliot Ranches, Inc | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Pre-empted Land through La Grande Land Office |
Baker |
1 Mile west of Bridgeport |
Elliott, Harry Newell; Lewis, Richard; Lewis, Barbara Elliott | No | The barn at the main ranch is... | Meadow hay, Cattle, Horses | Cattle, Hay, Alfalfa, Barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Typewritten letter; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Inez, Kansas | 3 | |||||||||
SFR0055 | Sesquicentennial Farm | Hiram Benoni Lee | Lee Family Farm | 1871 | 160.00 | 360.66 | 360 | No | Yes | 1871; Century Award CFR0420 indicates 1873 should be corrected to 1871 | No |
T5N R35E S22 |
Umatilla |
81356 Lower Dry Creek Rd. Milton Freewater OR 97862 |
45 degrees 54' 11'N 188 degrees 24' 26W 381m | 3 miles SW | Milton-Freewater OR | John Dale Lee & Nathan Howard Lee | Yes | 1871 small cabin built; 1877... | Livestock cattle, sheep; dry... | Wheat barley hay on rotations... | No | Friday, April 28, 2023 | 2023 |
Photos, family narrative, very thorough application |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Jackson Co. IL | 2 | ||||||
CFR0567 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pearson, Henry Caswell | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
5 miles S of Hillsboro, 2.4 miles W on Firdale Rd. |
Pearson, Daral K. | No | no | Cleared timber to raise... | Timber, grain, filberts. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Excerpt of H. C. Pearson diary. List of dates, names, location and acreage of Pearson claim and neighbors. Photocopies of photos of house, Henry and Polly Pearson. Application; Statement form; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0906 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rowell, Ziba M. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Manager | No | no | General farming. | Berries, grain, hay | No |
320 acres in original farm. 97 acres in present farm. Farm was divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson & great great grandson | Michigan | 1 |