| 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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| CFR1002 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Good, John Porter | Good Ranch | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 6 T 2 N R 40 E, W.M., containing160 acres. |
Union | Good, Richard I. | No | no | Oats, wheat, barley, sheep,... | Barley, hay, beef cattle. | No |
Chain of ownership: John Porter Good to Howard C. Good (son) to Richard Good & his brother to Richard Good. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Obituaries; Homestead certificate; Typewritten letter; Farm history; Photocopies of photographs. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR1003 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gekeler, George O. | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certification # 118 | No |
E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 3 S R 38 E, containing 80 acres. |
Union |
1 mile South of La Grande |
Smutz, Martha; Smutz, Robert | No | Original log cabin being... | Cattle, chickens, horses, hay... | Cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Homestead certificate; Deeds; Handwritten postcard. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | Martha Smutz's husband Richard's mother was a daughter of George Gekeler. | Pennsylvania to Nebraska | German | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0550 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Conley, A. B. | Conely Farms LLC | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Johnson, Mary Jane; Johnson, DeeWayne; Stuart, Maxine C. | No | Wheat, hay, draft horses,... | Wheat, cattle, hay, mint. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Land deeds. Newspaper articles. History of Conley Farms 1874-1995. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0617 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, Rascellas | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Morris, Manford J. | No | Grain; Draft horses; Hogs;... | At time of application:... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application: Statement form; Fax memo; Article on farm history; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0618 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilson, James B. | Wilson Family Ranches, LLC | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 29, 30, 31, 32 T 6 S R 39 E, W.M. |
Union | Wilson Family Ranches, LLC | No | No | Hay, saddle horses, cattle | Cattle | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Great grandchildren | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0975 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zurbrick, Franklin | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from James Halley |
2 South 38 East Sections 26 and 27 |
Union |
Corner of Booth Lane and Halley Rd. |
Zurbrick, Jeffry; Zurbrick, Phillip | No | The farm house that was built... | Wheat, Barley, Alfalfa, Peas... | Wheat, Barley, Alfalfa, Horses | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Land ownership history; Deeds; Email correspondence; Photographs. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | New York | 1 | |||||||||
| CFR1189 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Wheeler, Milton; Wheeler, Joseph | Wheeler Ranch | 1903 | 120.00 | 1,400.00 | 1400 | No | No | No |
T 2N, R 40E, S 23, 14, 13 |
Union |
69610 Wheeler Lane, Egan, OR 97827 |
12 | Elgin | Gerber, Ron; Gerber, Carrie Wheeler | Yes | Barn | Hay; Dairy cattle; Chickens | Grain; Hay; Beef cattle;... | No | Friday, June 1, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Hand written family narrative; Deed; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Carrie is Great Granddaugher | Missouri | 2 | |||||||
| CFR0880 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, John S. | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Union |
5 miles west of North Powder |
Renter | No | Many original split rail... | Hay, grain, horses, mules,... | No |
80 acres in original farm. 1300 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Biographical excerpt from "Union and Wallowa Counties"; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Midland, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR1109 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Follett, Warren K. | 1905 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Property purchased in 1905 for $2,000 from Finandus & Clarissa Slack |
T 1 North, R 40 East WM, S 12 |
Union |
71109 Follett Road, Elgin, OR 97827 |
3 miles | Minam | Follett, Boyd; Follett, Sheree | No | Grain; Hay; Timber; Cattle;... | Hay; Cattle | No | Sunday, December 25, 2005 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Property transfer record; Record of marks and brands; Plat maps; Family history narrative; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | Came to Oregon from Pima, Arizona | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0881 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rynearson, William & John | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the W 1/2 of Sec 32 T 2 S R 38 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Union | Rynearson, G. W. | No | Original house still in use,... | Barley, wheat, oats, hogs,... | Wheat, barley, alfalfa,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 21 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 6 times. Indians, led by Black Hawk, spent summers on the property. 1st road built by Union Co. divided the Ryearson land. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Last will and testament; Newspaper article; Farm history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 |
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