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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CFR0175 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bond, Allen & Rachel | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
39.0 acres in Sec 5, T 17 S R 4 W, Willamette Meridian. |
Lane | Bond, Ray C.; Bond, Marjorie E. | No | no | Ryegrass seed, wheat, dog... | No |
39 acres in use presently. 320 acres in original farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Deed transfering farm from S. C. and Esther Bond to Ray C. and Marjorie Bond; Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Indiana | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0142 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chavner, Thomas | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
More land was purchased at a later date. |
Jackson | Thompson, Margaret Chavner | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
CFR0691 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Henderer, Charles G. | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Clemo, Arlyn L. | No | no | Oats, wheat, cheat, horses,... | Pigs, cattle, barley, hay,... | No |
141.2 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 5 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0107 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayhurst, William | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Hubbell, Atalanta | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 |