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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CFR1135 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bickford, A.F. | Van Horn Vineyeards | 1909 | 20.00 | 14.00 | 13 | No | No | No | Hood River |
2882 Van Horn Dr, Hood River, OR; 2365 Hwy 35 Hood River, OR |
N 45.654285 / W 121.505351 | 4 miles | Hood River | Bickford, Steve; Bickford, Don | No | Apples; Pears; Strawberries | Wine grapes | No | Monday, June 1, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Genealogy chart; Map; Excerpt from "It All Began with Apple Seeds", 2007; Excerpt from "Pine Grove Memories in the Hood River Valley", by J. Patricia Krussow, 1989 |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandsons | Seattle, WA | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starr, Susan A. , Wesley Starr | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No |
See application for land details and complex family relationships. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandmother/ great great nephew | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0445 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fanno, Augustus J. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Certification # 1287 | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Newspaper articles |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0583 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Joel C. | Joel C. Johnson Farms | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wasco | Johnson, James Q.; Johnson, Steven Q. | No | Grain; Cattle; Horses; Sheep. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Family history; Newspaper article; Homestead certificates; Maps; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Maine and Idaho | 0 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
CFR0129 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dyer, Moses T. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Dyer, Margaret H. | No | no | Hogs, cattle, sheep, grain,... | Cattle | No |
360 acres in original farm. 316.16 acres in present farm. "Moses T Dyer built and operated the first sawmill in Douglas Co. in 1852. It was situated on the left (north) bank of South Myrtle Creek just a few feet up stream from my bridge." |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Addison Co., Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0279 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Settle, John | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Mitchell, W. M. | No | no | Small grains, cattle. | Small grains, seed. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 52 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0280 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ohling, Paul | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Ohling, Orville L. | No | yes | Horses, cattle, grain. | Dairy, hay, corn. | No |
601.08 acres in original farm. 106.48 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Free Port, Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0552 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jernstedt, Frank Theodore | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Jernstedt, Ernest F. | No | no | Wheat, oats, hops. | Primarily Wheat and crimson... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Narrative (farm history narrative); Deeds, birth certificates; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandchildren | Sweden via Kansas and Colorado | 1 |