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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CFR1246 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riley Margason | Bar M Ranch | 1891 | 163.00 | 30.00 | 25 | No | No | No |
T13S R3W S6 |
Linn |
30490 Driver Rd. Shedd OR 97377 |
1 mile | Shedd | Gary Margason | No | Original house torn down in... | wheat, oats, barley, hairy... | chickens, clover, grass seed... | No | Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 2017 |
Binder of application materials, deeds etc.. |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Grandson | Indiana | 1 | |||||||
CFR0123 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
End of Calkins Road. |
Moore, Harlan (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | sheep | No |
Portions of the farm were rented. 104 acres in original farm. 35 acres in current farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0835 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | King, Presley | King Ranch | 1886 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the E1/2 SE 1/4 of Sec 10 T 2 S R 16 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Sherman |
7 miles South of Moro. |
King Partnership; King, Jeff | No | unknown | Horses, timber, wheat. | Wheat, barley. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed.. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandson | Indiana to Sacramento Valley to Sherman County | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0988 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, Sebird | Elliot Ranches, Inc | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Pre-empted Land through La Grande Land Office |
Baker |
1 Mile west of Bridgeport |
Elliott, Harry Newell; Lewis, Richard; Lewis, Barbara Elliott | No | The barn at the main ranch is... | Meadow hay, Cattle, Horses | Cattle, Hay, Alfalfa, Barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Typewritten letter; 1990 Century Farm and Historic Lands awards. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Inez, Kansas | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0933 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Alexander, George | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1 S R 4 W #1500 |
Washington |
Junction of Springtown & Richey Road, 1.5 miles West of Forest Grove. |
Alexander, Preston; Alexander, Pam | No | House built by owner's... | Wheat, cattle. | Wheat, corn, kiwifruit | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Inverurie, Scotland | 2 | ||||||||||
SFR0037 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Esson, Alexander; Esson, Christina | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 320.00 | 290.00 | 220 | No | No | No |
T6 R1W S05 |
Marion |
10705 Waypark Dr. Salem, OR 97305 |
5 miles | Salem, OR | Seifer, Stan | No | First house was log cabin by... | Wheat; Oats; Logging; Fruit... | Row crops, including corn,... | No | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Map; Plat map; Copy of original century farm application; Deed records; Copy of a photograph |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Great Grandsons | Iowa | Scottish | |||||||
CFR0934 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harris, George | Century Spring Farm | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Cert. # 388, App. 1033 | No | Washington |
Dixie Mtn. Rd - map # 2N2 Lot 1600 |
Stride, Richard L. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Hay, dairy farm, eggs, butter. | Grain crops, hay, horses. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0971 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Palmer, Lawrence A. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | The Dalles, Cert # 5071, Application # 9111 | No |
NW 1/4 section 29, T 1 S, R 25 E of WM |
Morrow |
Clarks Canyon Road |
Harrison, Travis L. | No | House remains and is lived in... | Cattle, Hay, Barley, Wheat | Hay, Wheat, Barley | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Statement of affirmation; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||
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 |