| 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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| CFR0720 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blackwell, Clement Cood and Jane Blackwell | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant |
2 1/2 miles East of Long Creek. |
No | House built c. 1880. | Hogs, sheep, horses, sugar... | Grain hay, alfalfa and... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 1600 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tennessee and Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0892 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wade, Samuel | Wade Farm | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 13 T 1 S R 43 E, W.M. |
Wallowa | Wade, Merton S. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | House built c. 1882. | Cattle, horses, hay, oats. | Cattle, wheat, barley, hay. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 3473.10 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Historical summary; Homestead certificate; Obituary for Mrs. J. Reavis. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR0821 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Graf, Andreas | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | #2675 | No | Multnomah | Graff, Clifton L.; Graff, Juanita A. | No | House built c. 1885 (placed... | Cattle, Horses, Fowl, Hay | Cattle, Hay, Horses, Nursery... | Yes |
The property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Line of ownership; Typewritten letter; Tax receipt; Homestead documentation; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR1004 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brooks, David | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Motz, Donald L. | No | House built c. 1898. | Potatoes, grain, milk cows,... | Hay, grain, nursery stock. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 25.36 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Tax statement. Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR0956 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sawyer, Mark and Susan A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
Hwy 221, approx. 8 miles S of Dayton. |
Michael, Edward M. | No | House built c. 1902. | Wheat, timothy hay, lumber... | Cattle, hay, wheat, barley,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0040 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Horning, Frederick August | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Benton |
36 Street & Philomath Blvd. (adjoining Corvallis) |
Groves, William Frank | No | House built c.1859. Benton... | Grain (wheat, oats, barley,... | Prunes, apples, walnuts, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 70 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Obituary for Frederick August Horning. Section of newspaper article on Frank Groves. Letter of Guardianship appointing Fred P. Osborn as guardian for W. F. Groves. Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Prussia to Illinois to Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belknap, Ransom A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
near the town of Monroe |
Belknap, Foster G. | No | House built in 1855 remains,... | No |
Part of the farm was sold during the years, but the 40 acres where the original home was placed is owned by applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
There is a letter by M. M. Belknap who supports his brother's claim to Century Farm status. Letter contains some family history information. Notarized ownership document; Letter from M. M. Belknap; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
Yes | No | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0281 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification #631, Ded #777 | No | No |
T 9 S, R 3 W |
Marion |
5 miles W of Jefferson on Anberny Hill Road |
Anderson, James W.; Anderson, Ruth M. | No | House built in 1855 still... | Crop land (35 acres), Pasture... | No |
Current applicant ownes 91 acres. Part of the land is rented out. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson (James) | Fairfield County, Ohio | 0 | |||||||||
| CFR0420 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lee, Hiram B. | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Umatilla |
3 miles SW of Milton |
No | House built in 1878 (occupied... | Wheat, cattle (Circle L Brand) | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application, typewritten letters, map of Lee homestead, certification of ownership, detailed map, family history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Jackson Co., Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||
| SFR0058 | Sesquicentennial Ranch | Samuel Wade | Wade Ranch | 1874 | 160.00 | 2,200.00 | 2100 | No | Yes | Wallowa Cointy | No |
Township 01 South, Rangen 43 East, Section 13 |
Wallowa |
79265 Wade Gulch Lane Lostine OR 97857 |
N45 28' 27.6204 W117 23' 11.6952" | 2.5 miles | Lostine | Sam M. Wade (great grandson of founder) | Yes | House built in 1882; still... | Cattle, horses (including... | Irrigated grains and alfalfa... | No |
Original owner Samuel Wade had a friendly and cooperative relationship with Chief Joseph of Nez Pearce Indian tribe. Proud of conservation efforts to prevent erosion and maintain active stands of grassland on property. |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 2024 |
Photos hard copies, deed/homestead records, maps, family narrative. |
No | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Iowa | 2 |
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