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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SFR0030 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Hemphill, James Monroe; Hemphill, Elizabeth | James Monroe Hemphill Farm | 1865 | 120.00 | 804.00 | 800 | No | No | Yes |
Water right certificate 1870, had to have ownership 5 years prior |
T1S R32 |
Umatilla |
67704 Hwy 395 S. Pendleton OR 97801 |
N 45 degrees 30.719' W118 degrees 48.463' | 2 miles | Pilot Rock | Hemphill, Colin C. | Yes | Original loghouse purchased... | Grain; Hay; Cattle; Chickens... | Alfalfa; Pasture; Wheat;... | No |
Deed records for property burned in Umatilla County courthouse. Obituary of James Monroe found and included to prove origination date. |
Monday, April 27, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Newspaper article; Family history; Certificate of water right; Copies of photographs; Obituary; Email to Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great great grandsons | New Hampshire/Deerfield, NY | England | 3 | |||
SFR0031 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Adams, John Franklin | John F. Adams Farming Enterprise | 1865 | 3,200.00 | 4,000.00 | 4000 | No | Yes | Homestead Land Patent 1877; 1892 | Yes |
No real proof of 1865 date, but trust Century Status, and supporting documents |
Umatilla |
Adams, OR |
1 mile | Adams, OR | Adams, John W. | Yes | First house in 1865, no... | Wheat; Cattle; Sheep | Peas; Wheat | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Farm history timeline; Family history narrative; Century farm letter; Email from Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; Copies of original homestead certificates; Excerpt from "History of Adams, Volume II"; Excerpt from "History of Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington"; Copies of photographs; Letter; Satellite photographs of property |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great grandson | Maine | 2 | ||||||
SFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Smith, William DeLaFletcher | George W. Smith Ranch | 1865 | 95.39 | 286.00 | 309.32 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T25S R12W S26 |
Coos |
96614 S Coos River Ln. Coos Bay, OR 97420 |
43 deg22'32.5" W124deg05'59.8" | 5 miles | Coos Bay, OR | Smith, George William; Smith, Alicia L. | No | First house built in 1864,... | Apples; Cherries; Corn; Crab... | Hay; Timber; Cattle | No | Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and ranch history narrative; Plat map; Aerial photograph; Copies of original homestead certificates; Deed records; Copies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | 1 | ||||||
CFR0849 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hemphill, James Monroe | James Monroe Hemphill Farm | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
CFR0850 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Adams, John Franklin | Adams Ranches Inc. | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | No | No | Friday, November 30, 1979 | 1980 | No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
CFR0122 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Applegate, Charles | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Beginning at a point 2.5 chains West of the 1/4 section corner between Sections 5 and 6 T 23 S R 4 W being the center of Elk Creek thense following the center of said stream in a North westerly direction to a point
(See page 2 of application) |
Douglas |
Scotts Valley |
Applegate, Frederick G.; Applegate, Jane R. | No | no. UPDATE 8/01: Oregon... | hogs, horses, wheat, oats,... | the same, except the Indians... | No |
320 acres in original farm. 235 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Letter from Richard H. Pence to Fred Applegate; Summary of Applegate deed; Hand drawn map of Donation Claim; Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0273 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fitzwater, James B. | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 12 T 12 R 1 W |
Linn | Savage, Cecyl M. | No | no | Cattle, oats, wheat. | Pasture, hay, sheep. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 30 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0884 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hutchinson, James | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Hutchinson, Lowell | No | Nonoe of the original... | cattle, horses | cattle, hay, wheat | No |
The original farm has been divided several times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0093 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, William DeLaFletcher (W.D.L.F.) | George W. Smith Ranch | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Land grant. Lots 3 & 4 of Sec 27 $ Lot 5 of Sec. 26 in T 25 S R 12 W |
Coos | Smith, George William (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy stock, fruit, fish,... | Fruit, beef stock, hay,... | No |
95.39 acres in original farm. 286 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Copy of land claim certificate; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0425 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Halley, Benjamin | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
6 miles NE of La Grande |
Heyden, Henry M. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Yes. | Wild hay, horses (The wild... | Cattle, hay, grains. | No |
400 acres in original farm. 400 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 0 |