| 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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| CFR0905 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McGreer, Thomas Henry | Kelly McGreer Farm (Thomas Henry McGreer Farm) | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 3 T 8 S R 19 E, containing 150.64 acres. |
Wasco |
15 miles East of Antelope; Clarno on the John Day River. |
McGreer, Hugh Kelly | No | no | Rye, wheat, cattle, sheep. | Alfalfa, wheat, potatoes,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Title abstract; Land deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | California | 3 | |||||||||
| CFR0663 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, Andrew | Butte Creek Farm | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
Farm located at: 7001 Monte Cristo, Woodburn |
Anderson, Robert A. | No | no | Hay, dairy cattle. | Peas, cauliflower, grain. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership: Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Norway | 2 | ||||||||||
| CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0937 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schlichting, John (Johann) | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 19 T 2 S R 1 W, W.M. |
Washington | Erwin Schlichting and sons | No | barn | Oats, alfalfa, Timothy hay. | Grain, silage, clover seed | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great nephew | Lake City, Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0954 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belt, George C. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
5 miles NW of Yamhill |
Beltview Farms, Inc. | No | no | Wheat, hops, cattle. | Wheat, oats, alfalfa, corn,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Sac County, Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0873 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Olsen, Salve | Terjeson Ranches | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of Sec 17 T 5 N R 33 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
7 miles North of Helix, Oregon. |
Terjeson, Kirk; Terjeson, Gunder; Terjeson, Richard | No | 90-foot well that Salve Olsen... | Wheat | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement forms; Corroborated affidavit contesting ownership of property by Northern Pacific Railroad.; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons and grandson | Norway | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0792 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kinyon, J. R. and L. A. Kinyon | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Anson S Cone DLC. |
Marion & Clackamas | Clark, Kenneth A.; Clark, Susan | No | no | Timber | Beef cattle, pigs, grass seed. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Fort Jones, California | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0713 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinney, James Madison and Polly Elmira McKinney | James Madison McKmney & Polly Elmira Mckmney Farm | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Sec 2 T 2 N R 19 E | No | Gilliam |
West of Blalock Canyon |
Anderson, Don E.; Anderson, Patricia A. | No | House built in 1913 (original... | Cattle, sheep. Wash McKinney... | Wheat, barley, commercial... | No |
Trees from the "Timber Culture" application (see attachment) in SE 1/4 of Sec 2 still stand along the edge of the wheat fields. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
2 page history of farm ownership; Wills; Application; Statement form; Homestead receipt; Typewritten letters; Timber culture application; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Mitchell County, North Carolina | 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 | |||||||||
| CFR0664 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Forman, George | Forman Family Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Part of Sec 14 & 23 in T 2 S R 3 E, W.M. |
Clackamas | Forman, Leroy Tillman | No | no | unknown | Hay, livestock | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Minnesota | 1 |
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