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 |
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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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CFR0790 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tate, William H. | W.H. Tate Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 8 S R 1 E Sec 19 and T 8 S R 1 W Sec 24 & 25. |
Marion |
5 miles NE of Sublimity on Hwy 214 |
Tate, Thomas W.; Tate, David W. | No | House, barn, blacksmith shop. | Gray oats for feed & hay... | Grass seed, white oats for... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Newspaper article; Ownership notes. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri via California to Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0887 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinnis, John L. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
1 mile West of Dry Creek School. |
Rhoads, Charles E. | No | Part of original house (... | Livestock, grains, lumber. | Grass seed, wheat. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; County tax record; Board minutes; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0726 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dethman, Christian | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1687, Application # 3804 | No |
E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 23 T 2 N R 10 E, W.M., containing 80 acres. |
Hood River | Mainwaring, Ray; Mainwaring, Betty | No | Barn on original land grant. | Wheat, potatoes, apples,... | Apples, pears, cherries,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter; Deed; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1001 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kelsey, Lorenzo S. | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 31 T 6 S R 39 E , W.M. containing 35.29 acres. |
Union | Parker, Gifford H. | No | 12x14 rough board cabin, now... | Irrigated pasture, sometimes... | Irrigated pasture which also... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter; Parker v. Kelsey transcript; Probate record; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Land awards. Final Account for the Estate of Violet Parker. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tocele, Utah | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0839 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starns, Robert Middleton | Robert Middleton Starns Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of SE 4 T 2 S R 18 E of W.M, containing 160 acres. |
Sherman | Eakin, Mary P. (Higley); Eakin, Tom | No | no | Wheat, hay, horses. | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Leavenworth, Kansas; Los Animas, Colorado; Monroe, Oregon | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0677 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Louis | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 4230, Application # 7242 | No |
NE 1/4 Sec 1 T 6 N R 4 W, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Columbia | Johnson, Frederick R. | No | no | By April 1895 had cleared 5... | Beef cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Land deed. Homestead Affidavit. Homestead Proof Testimony. Citizenship Certificate. Posting of Notice. Hand-drawn Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0936 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schlegal Sr., John; Schlegal Jr., John | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached deed. |
Washington | Schlegel, John Irwin; Schlegel, John Edwin | No | no | Hay, grain, pigs, cows,... | Christmas trees, nursery... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Biography of John Schlegel Jr.; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Davis County, Iowa | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0953 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wenger, Rudolph | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 3 and 4 of Sec 29 T 2 S R 3 W , W.M., containing 145.32 acres. |
Yamhill | Chapman, Norman; Chapman, Betty | No | House built in 1908-1912. | Hay, cattle. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letters; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Switzerland | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0872 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schrimpf, William | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 of Sec 12 t 4 N R 34 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Umatilla |
2 miles North of Athema. |
Zerba, William J. | No | House, but it has been "... | Dryland wheat, summer fallow... | Dryland wheat, barley, green... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Ownership history; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Holton, Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0791 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fisher, Joseph | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Fisher, Lawrence E. | No | House and barn. | Oats, wheat, horses, dairy... | Sheep, oats, grass seed crops. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letters; Deeds; Will. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Appelton, Wisconsin | 3 |