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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CFR0878 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Enbysk, Peter Christian | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla |
12 miles NE of Pendleton |
Enbysk, Gerald Eugene | No | House, barn, shed, church,... | Wheat, barley, horses, mules... | Primarily wheat, some cattle... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application. Family history and genealogy. Calvary Muster, 1878, "Wild Horse Rangers Company." |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Neiden, Norway | Finnish | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1209 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Janssen, Hendrina; Jansen, Peter | Jansen Farm | 1877 | 110.00 | 115.00 | 112 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds of Sale; Land sale contracts |
T1N R3W S51 |
Washington |
4560 Visitation Rd. Forest Grove OR 97116 |
Lat. 45.553259 Long. -123.085335 | 3.5 miles | Forest Grove, OR | Jansen, Michael; Jansen, Sherry | Yes | Original barn built in 1916,... | Alfalfa; Barley; Clover;... | Alfalfa; Clover; Corn; Grass... | No | Saturday, April 26, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photograph; Farm history narrative; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Family tree chart; Property ownership timeline; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Peter Jansen | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||
CFR0767 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crooks, Samuel T. | Hoefer Farms | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Viola Johnson |
Linn | Hoefer, Leslie; Hoefer, Jack | No | A barn | Wheat, Cattle, Horses, Pigs,... | Wheat, Barley, Garlic,... | No |
Original farm has been divided 4 times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application. Genealogy notes, copy from family bible, quitclaim deed, property assessment, maps, purchase receipt. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Great Grandfather | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0914 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Krahmer, Sr., Edward | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0657 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Heater, Peter | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Heater, Robert C. | No | Original log cabin is the... | Blackcap raspberries; Hops;... | At time of application:... | No |
The current farm (1982) is 150 acres. The original farm was 80 acres. The farm has never been rented out. The original farm has been divided three times into 5 acre home sites. |
Monday, November 30, 1981 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Oregon | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0787 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Doerfler, Martin | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
13510 Doerfler Rd SE, Silverton, OR |
Doerfler, David A.; Doerfler, Rita | No | Barn, Grainery, House | Cereal Grains, Cattle | Wheat, Oats, Grass seed,... | No |
The property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great-grandson | Austria | Austrian | 4 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0854 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hales, Hugh Byron Americus | HBA Hales Century Farm | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 |
Typewritten letters. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR1204 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Reeder, William H.; Reeder, Alice | W.H. Reeder's Westfork Farm | 1877 | 320.00 | 1,280.00 | 1275 | No | Yes | Certificate #5434 | No |
T4N R33EWM S1/2 of Section 25 plus E 1/2 section |
Umatilla |
47647 Reeder Rd. Pendleton OR 97801 |
13 miles | Pendleton | Reeder, Clinton B.; Reeder, Craig H. | No | First home in 1877/78, a... | Alfalfa; Barley; Grain Hay;... | Wheat | No | Monday, April 15, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Letter; Family history article; Farm history narrative; Newspaper articles; Wheat farming narrative; Magazine article; Land ownership documents; Copies of photographs; Historic map of property; Excerpt from "The Centennial story of Oregon"; Aerial photograph |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Eureka, Illinois | 3 | ||||||
CFR0741 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brattain, Thomas Jefferson | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lake | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 |