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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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 | ||||||||||
CFR0838 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fridley, George Calvin | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 of Sec 21 T 2 N R 18 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Sherman |
9 1/2 miles NE of Wasco, OR. |
Thomas, Kent | No | no | Sheep, hay. Some grain later. | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Land Office affidavit and application; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Linn County, Oregon | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0839 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starns, Robert Middleton | Robert Middleton Starns Farm | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
SE 1/4 of SE 4 T 2 S R 18 E of W.M, containing 160 acres. |
Sherman | Eakin, Mary P. (Higley); Eakin, Tom | No | no | Wheat, hay, horses. | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Leavenworth, Kansas; Los Animas, Colorado; Monroe, Oregon | 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 | ||||||||
CFR0842 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pinkerton, Robert W. | Pinkerton Ranch | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 32 T 1 N R 17 E |
Sherman |
3 1/2 miles N of Moro |
Pinkerton, Bruce R.; Pinkerton, David C. | No | no | Wheat, barley, oats, grain,... | Wheat, barley, oats. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons (Bruce R. & David C. Pinkerton) | Clarinda, Page County, Iowa | 3 | |||||||||
CFR0843 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Andrews, Charles M. | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman/Multnomah | Andrews family | No | no | Wheat | Wheat and occassionaly barley. | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Deed; Farm and family history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandfather & grandfather | California | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0857 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Winn, Jesse Z. | Winn Homestead Events | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla |
1 1/2 miles NE of Weston |
Winn, George Robert | No | no | "Red Chaff" wheat. | Wheat, peas, strawberries,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 383 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Applications; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Western Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0869 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elam, Andrew Martin | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 5 N R 35 E, W.M. except a piece of land sold to the Trustees of the Milton Burying Ground. |
Umatilla |
west of city limits, Milton-Freewater, OR |
Piper, Richard Elwood | No | no | Wheat, cattle, horses. | Wheat, barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Abstract of Title; Family history; Photocopy of photograph. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Texas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0870 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Denninge, Mathias | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | # 721, App. # 1093 | No |
SW 1/4 Sec 2 T 3 N R 33 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
10 miles NE of Pendleton, OR. |
Woodward, Ethel B.; Woodward, Don A. | No | no | Wheat, some livestock. | Wheat, barley, oats, peas. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Calumet, Michigan | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0875 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Swaggart, A. Lincoln; Van Cleave, Mary Jane | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 Sec 7 T 4 N R 35 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
2 1/2 miles North of Athena |
Swaggart, Wayne; Perrine, Jim | No | no | Sheep, cattle, horses, hogs,... | Wheat, barley, oats, green... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Rules for the 1990 Century Farm Program; Statement form; Handwritten letter and map; Homestead proof; Typewritten letter; Probate letters; Copy of will. Property tax statement. Grain Grower's Receipt. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | Lane County, Oregon | 0 |