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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CFR0058 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wright, Fred | Wright Century Farm | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Wright, Robert R. | No | Old cabin torn down in 1903... | Oats, barley, wheat, hay,... | Beef cattle, hay, pasture. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deeds; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Vermont | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0836 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | von Borstel, Carsten | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | # 5532. E 1/2 Sec 13 T 4 S R 16 E, W.M., containing 320 acres. | No | Sherman |
Farm located at: Star Route Box 43, Grass Valley, OR 97029 |
von Borstel, Lee | No | no | Vegetables, hay | Alfalfa hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Claim description and claim list from "Claims of certain settlers in Sherman County, Oreg."; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0932 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Withycombe, James | James Withycombe Farm | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington |
State Hwy 219 & Grable Road |
Withycombe, Thomas E.; Withycombe, James H. | No | Barn destroyed in 1962... | "The founder, Governor... | Wheat, clover, grain crops | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; Phone message memo; Notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Tavistock (Devonshire), England | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1015 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Warner, Calvin M. | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 28 T 29 S R 12 W |
Coos | Wiley, Eric; Wiley, Rhonda | No | No. Warner Cemetary... | Cattle. | Beef cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Deed; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Indiana | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1017 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bush, Howard Lee | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached land deed. |
Benton | Bush, Gracen Lee | No | Barn | Sheep, goats, horses,... | Cattle, hay. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Clay Co., Missouri | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1018 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Charles F. | Charles F. Walker Farm | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 18 T22 R 11 |
Douglas | Bartow, Bert A. | No | no | Hay, vegetable garden, cattle... | Cattle, vegetables, berries,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England via Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0840 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Martin, Leroy H. and Amanda | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1409 | No |
See attached legal description. |
Sherman |
3 3/4 miles SE of Moro. |
Martin, Robert L. | No | no | Barley, oats, wheat, cattle,... | Barley, wheat, cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds, Legal description of property; Excerpt from "History of Central Oregon" (Bios of Leroy H. Martin and his father, John Rusco Martin). |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Robert L. Martin) | Umatilla County | Scotish | 2 | ||||||||
CFR1019 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Henderer, Charles G. & Emeline Meador Henderer | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
3 1/2 miles W of Elkton on Henderer |
Smith, Loyd I. | No | no | Sheep, hay, grain. | Sheep, hay, grain. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Photocopies of photographs; Family tree; Photographs; Biographical excerpt of John Henderer from "The Centennial History of Oregon (Vol. 1)." |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Bavaria, Germany | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0841 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thompson, Charles W. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Sherman |
5 miles East of Moro on Monkland Road |
Thompson, Ronald D. | No | Barn. | Wheat, hay, cattle. | Wheat, barley. | No |
Owners of the Monkland farm: Donald D. Thompson 1/2; Norma Cushing 1/6; Lois Murphy 1/6; Priscilla Wilson 1/6. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family genealogy; Photocopies of photographs (photo of Monkland, 1893, photo of C.W. Thompson & Family, 1893); Deeds; Homestead certificates. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR1020 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 222 | No | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4, the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the fractional SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and Lots 2 & 3 of Sec 15 T 27 S R 6 W, containing 320 acres. |
Douglas | Scheleen, Donald K. | No | Milkhouse | Cows - had separator - sold... | Beef cattle, chickens, pigs,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Farm history; Donation land claim entry; Deed; Genealogy, Maps. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Indiana | 3 |