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 |
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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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CFR0882 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Standley, James Henry | 1870 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
9 miles NE of La Grande |
Standley, James Dale; Standley, Gale Jean | No | No | Wheat, oats, meadow hay,... | Wheat, feed grain, alfalfa... | No |
240 acres in original farm. 80 acres in present farm. Farm was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Memphis, Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR1079 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riggs, James; Riggs, Maria | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1N, R 39E, S 1 |
Union | Parsons, Dell; Parsons, Earnest | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Photographs; Family history; Deeds; Application checklist; Typewritten letter; Email. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0883 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McDonald, Hiram | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
3 1/2 miles NE of Summerville. |
Renter | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Hogs, cattle, wheat, barley,... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri to Willamette Valley to Union Co. | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR1080 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Sanderson, Mathew; Sanderson, Euphemia | Sanderson Springs Ranch | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 1N, R 38E, S 23,26 |
Union | Craig, Steve; Craig, David | No | Alfalfa; Grain; Grass seed;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Abstract of Title; Deeds; Contract of sale; Family history; Family tree. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0884 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hutchinson, James | 1865 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Hutchinson, Lowell | No | Nonoe of the original... | cattle, horses | cattle, hay, wheat | No |
The original farm has been divided several times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0423 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anson, William, George & Joseph | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
1 1/2 miles Southeast of island City, OR. |
Son of applicant | No | Yes | Livestock, grain, hay,... | wheat, barley, alfalfa, peas | No |
240 acres in original farm. 193 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. William bought the farm in 1862. He was joined later in 1862 by his brother George. Brother Joseph took over farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law of Joseph Anson | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1081 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Speckhart, John | Speckhart Farms Inc. | 1904 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2, R 38, S 12,14 |
Union | Lowry-Parsons, Joanne | No | Alfalfa; Barley; Canola; Dry... | At time of application:... | No | Sunday, November 30, 2003 | 2004 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Application guidelines; Typewritten letters; Family history; Photographs; Documentation of generational farmland transfers; Map; Deeds. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0885 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jasper, Merrel C. | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased several parcels of land. |
10 acres in the SE quarter of section 15, south range 39, E of the Williamette Meridian |
Union |
house and 1/2 the acres on Boothe Lane, 3 miles east of Hwy 82. 1/2 the acres on both side of Lower Cove highway, 4 miles E of Hwy 82. |
Jones, Edna; Jones, John T.; Jones, Rodney; Jones, Brian; Jones, Douglas | No | None of the original... | horses, mules, cattle, swine | wheat, barley, alfalfa | No |
Applicant not sure if the original farm was ever divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Excerpt from "History of Union and Wallowa Counties"; Farm history; Event notice; Newspaper articles. Letter by Edna Jasper Jones on family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand graddaughter | Missouri | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0424 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Miller, Simon | 1863 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | Miller, Rodney E. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Barn still in use, built with... | hay, fruit, cattle | hay, grain, white-face cattle... | No |
180 acres in original farm. 224 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Family history (of Simon Miller, Simon Edward Miller and Rodney Edward Miller); Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0886 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wade, Pharris | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union | No | None of the original... | Didn't farm the land... | Wheat, barley, oats, peas,... | No |
The original farm has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | 3 |