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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CFR0976 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harvey, Elsie J. (widow of Davis A. Harvey) | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
4 S 12 E Section 22 |
Wasco |
2 miles SW of Wamic, Oregon |
Harvey, Davis A. | No | A small horse-livestock barn... | Grain, Hay, variable livestock | Grain, Hay, Cattle | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
land deeds |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0977 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gates, John Wesley and Minnie M. | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from a cooperation |
1 N 3 W sections 25, 26 |
Washington |
32670 NW Hornecker Rd. |
Gates, Spencer C. | No | A grainary still stands. It... | Wheat, Hay, Oats, Barley,... | Grass seed, Hay, Wood lot | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Burt County, Nebraska | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0978 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Koehnke, John | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Ludwig and Ida Schwanke |
1 S Range 5 W Section 27 |
Washington |
5.5 miles south of Cornelius on Dixon Mill Rd. |
Koehnke, John N. | No | None of the original... | Dairy cows, Grain, Oats,... | Wheat, Oats, Clover | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Public notice; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0979 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert # 3420 Application # 5852 | No |
T2N R2W Section 8 |
Washington | Tannock, Richard B. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Strawberries, Timber | Timber | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Obituary; Homestead certificate; Birth certificate; 1880 Census document; Deeds; Homestead papers. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0980 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Russel, William S. | 1899 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 5 SR5 Section 15 and 16 |
Yamhill | No | Stock barn was built in 1870... | Grains, Livestock, Walnuts | Grains, Grass, Livestock | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Photographs. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | Waconda, South Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0981 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Moore, Thomas Franklin | Lazy J Moore Ranch | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Benjamin and Mary Gutheridge |
35 South 14 west Willamette Meridian Sections 9 and 10 |
Curry |
Upper end of the Euchre Creek Valley |
Dishner, Lyle; Dishner, Diane | No | Original ranch house built in... | Dairy cows, Cattle (beef),... | Grass hay, Dairy goats [... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Abstract of title. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Lyle Dishner is nephew of Mildred (Moore); Diana Dishner is daughter of T. F. Moore | Ohio in 1850, some time in Illinois, came to Willamette Valley | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0982 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Messal Sr., William | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Rosie Messal |
T 36 R2E Section 8 |
Jackson | Peile, Maxine | No | Original barn is still... | Hay, Cattle, Garden pigs | Cattle, Sheep, Pasture | No |
"Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten letters; Newspaper article; Excerpt from "A History of Eagle Point"; Typewritten letter; Birth certificate; Marriage certificate; Chain of title; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great niece by marriage | Germany ["Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen"] ["Bayern Province"] | Germany | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0983 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Read, Lilly | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Aaron and Manda Aaron |
N 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 34 and W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 35, TS12S, R13E |
Jefferson | Read, J. Herschel; Read, Kenny | No | Residence and barn still... | Dryland wheat, Cattle (... | Cattle (commercial and... | No |
Ranch is being run today by Herschel Read and Kenny Read. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Typewritten letter; Ranch history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | nephew | Grizzly Mountain Area, Crook County, Oregon | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0984 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Hill, William F. | Hill Land LLC and Hill Land & Cattle LLC | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T40S R10E Sectin 26 S 1/2 of SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 total 160 acres |
Klamath |
1.5 to 2 miles N. of Merrill, Oregon on Hill Rd. |
Hill, David; Hill, Dean F.; Hill, William F., III; Brant, Laura | No | Original house still stands... | Alfalfa hay; Barley; Grass... | Cattle | No |
"David Hill lives on the original property today." |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Abstract of title; Maps; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandchildren | Illinois and Michigan | 1 | ||||||||
CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 |