| 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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| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| CFR0312 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Short, John W. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William Price for $1000. |
T 7 S, R 1 |
Marion |
10 miles E. of Salem |
Jones, Thomas; Meyer, Alice | No | None of the original... | Pasture, Timber, Brush | No |
Original proptery was 160 acres. Applicant owns 109 acres of which 59 acres is in cultivation. J. W. Short gave son-in-law T. A. Jones land in 1901. Son W. A. Jones received land in 1916, and in 1955 applicant Thomas Jones received land from estate. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Great Grandchildren in law | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0864 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rosenberg, Claus H. | The Rosenberg Farm | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Rosenberg, James M. | No | Barn, Chicken house | Wheat | Wheat, Cattle | No |
Original property was divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| CFR0311 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Fielding and Martha | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 4 in T 5 S R 1 W |
Marion |
One mile S. of Hubbard, Oregon. |
Jones, Grant | No | No |
Original property was 486 acres. The applicant owns 6.25 acres of this original claim. Of the original claim, 120 acres was passed down to Samuel R. Thurston jones (father of the applicant). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | pioneers of 1847 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0317 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bashaw, Joseph | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #47 | No | No |
sections 19, 20, 29, 30 in T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion | Son of applicant | No | General farm | No |
Original property was 460 acres. Current applicant owns 160 acres of this land. Original property passed from son of Joseph Bashaw to present owner. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0861 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lynch, John | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla | Lynch, Edward M. | No | The original house is being... | livestock | wheat, peas, and cattle | No |
Original property has been divided three times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0314 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Jessie and Reuby | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | claim #53 | No | No |
sections 23, 24, 25, 26 T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion |
2.5 miles N of Jefferson |
Looney, Herbert; Renter. | No | No |
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0284 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, Samuel and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
Purchased land. |
Marion |
1/4 mile East of Gervais on Highway 99 E (cuts farm in two) |
Brown, Kenneth; Brown, Samuel (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Original house built in 1858... | Wheat, Apples, Potatoes | Walnuts, Filberts, Dairy cows... | Yes |
Original property consisted of 1000 acres (DLC and land purchased with money raised in CA gold mines). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandchildren (Samuel Brown and Kenneth Brown) | 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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