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 |
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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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CFR1037 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Nelson, James H. & Elizina E. | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
14 mi. W of Condon on Richmond Road. |
Nelson, John L.; Nelson, James E. | No | Wheat, oats, barley, horses,... | Wheat. | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Missouri, Iowa, Tigard | 0 | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
CFR1038 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Weatherford, Francis M. | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
Shutler Flat. 12 1/2 mi. S of Arlington. |
Childs, David | No | Old shop is used for tack... | Wheat, peas, turnips, cattle. | No |
Farm acquired by pattent from US in 1883. Sold out of family 1886; bought back 1887; continuous family ownership since. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application |
No | Yes | grand nephew | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0070 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Medler, Henry | Henry Medler Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman |
1 mile out of Wasco, near school and airport, left side. |
Rathbun, Lee | No | Barn, sheds, granary. | Wheat, cows, horses, fruit... | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1989 |
Application; 1989 Century Farm award; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0666 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Andrew | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Thronson, Ellen Johnson and family | No | Salt box house and granary. | Hay, oats, wheat, chickens,... | Sheep, beef cows, 15 chickens. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great niece | Sweden | 2 | ||||||||||||
CFR0940 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Meek, Stephen A. D. and Joseph Lane Meek | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2 N R3W Sec 35, W.M. |
Washington |
Mountaindale Road, about 4 miles NW of North Plains, Washington Co. |
Zurcher, Ben; Zurcher, Marjorie (Meek) | No | no | Wheat | Christmas trees, sheep,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Abstract of Title. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Oregon Territory | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0795 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bochsler, Joseph | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the N 1/2 of Sec 35 T 5 S R 1 W, W.M., 160 acres. Addisen Black DLC. |
Marion | Bochsler, C. E.; Bochsler, A. M. | No | no | Dairy cows, hay, grain. | Berries, cattle, hogs. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten and handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0812 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Becket, J. W. | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 3 S R 24 Sec 2, 11, 12 & 13. |
Morrow | Becket, Ronald | No | no | Wheat | Wheat, barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article on family history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Cass County, Missouri | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0990 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, James Bruce | Flying O Cattle Co. Inc. | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased property |
Baker |
hughway 26 E of John Day (9 Miles East of Unity) |
Baumeister, Everett and family | No | The original log house is... | Sheep, Horses, Cattle | Sheep, Cattle, Quarter horses... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letter; Family history; Obituary; Real property record; Deeds; Family tree; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandfather | Montreal, Canada | Canada | 1 |