| 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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| CFR1205 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Melhorn, Louis; Melhorn, Catherine | Edward Melhorn Farm | 1894 | 80.00 | 70.00 | 70 | No | No | Yes |
Deed, 1894 to Louis Melhorn |
T8S R46E S4SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Excepting E |
Baker |
38214 Sunny Dell Lane Halfway OR |
2.2 miles | Halfway, OR | Ebell, Mardelle L. | Yes | First house built in 1917 by... | Alfalfa; Barley; Oats; Wheat... | Hay; Cattle | No | Monday, April 29, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Aerial photographs; Family and farm narrative; Copy of marriage license; Copies of photographs; List of property transfers; Brand register; Sale record; Map of property' newspaper articles; Geneaological charts; Digital photographs; Property ownership records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Step granddaughter to Louis/Catherine Melhorn | German (Louis), American; Oregon (Catherine) | German | 3 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR1134 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bartels, Otto F. | Noble Knoll Tree Farm | 1909 | 40.00 | 80.00 | 33 | No | No | No |
T 7S, R 1E, S 34 |
Marion |
964 Loar Rd SE, Silverton. End of the road off Hwy 214. |
10 miles | Silverton | Bartels, Larry W. | No | Original residence (c.1909)... | Christmas trees; Fruit trees... | Christmas trees | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of abstract of title; Plat map; Warranty Deed; Hand drawn map of property; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson of Otto Bartels | Germany | German | 2 | ||||||
| CFR0481 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brutscher, Mary Everest & Sebastian Brutscher | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
1 mile E of Newberg on Portland Road |
Gumm, R. Kenneth | No | Fruit, nuts. | No |
40 acres in present farm. Founder had first post office in Newberg & named town after Neuberg, Germany. Chain of ownership: Sebastian Brutscher 1850 to 1895; Laura Brutscher Gumm (daughter) to 1958; R. Kenneth Gumm to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | German | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR1106 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bruck, John J. | 1906 | 80.00 | 41.00 | 40 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased DLC (Evans) in 1906 |
T 3 South, R 1 E, S 17 |
Clackamas |
29250 SW Bruck Lane, Wilsonville, OR 97070 |
3 miles | Wilsonville | Bruck, Vernon | Yes | Small shed (c1906) | Fruit; Grapes; Nuts; Livestock | Chestnuts; Filberts; Nursery... | No | Saturday, April 1, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten narrative of family history; Copy of property lots; Copy of Bruck wine label; Copy of deed; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson of John J. Bruck | Sieberg, Germany via New York and Louisville, Kentucky | German | 2 | ||||||
| CFR1230 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Renken, August E.; Morgan, Edna Antha | Omeg Family Orchards | 1905 | 160.00 | 51.38 | 51.38 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T1N R13E S16 |
Wasco |
2965 Dry Hollow Lane
The Dalles, OR 97058 |
2.5 miles | The Dalles, OR | Omeg, Michael | Yes | Original farmhouse was built... | Hay; Apricots; Cherries;... | Sweet cherries; Chickens;... | No | Friday, April 8, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Plat map; Aerial photograph; Deed records; Family chart; Marriage certificate; Birth certificate; Family history narrative; Obituaries; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson (Mel) | Germany | German (August) | 3 | |||||
| CFR1198 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Adelman, John | Duck Inn Group, LLC | 1904 | 21.40 | 116.95 | 116.95 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
5S R2W S35 |
Marion |
12017 Duck Inn Rd. NE Gervais OR 97026 |
1 mile | Gervais, OR | Adelman, Jim; Adelman, Dan; Adelman, Ed; Adelman, Pat; Adelman, Carl; Adelman, Joe | No | First house on property was... | Cherries; Filberts;... | Alder pulp; Bush beans;... | No | Monday, April 22, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family and farm history narrative; Map of property; Farm history timeline; Deed of original sale; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandsons | German | German/Hungarian | 1 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| CFR0590 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Offenbacher, Fred and Minnie Offenbacher | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from George and Hattie Neuber |
Jackson |
Property divided into three lots. |
Offenbacher, Carl Ray; Offenbacher, Richard | No | None of the original... | cattle, grain, hay | alfalfa hay | No |
land currently owned by brothers Carl Ray Offenbacher and Richard Offenbacher |
Monday, November 30, 1998 | 1999 |
Included are copies of several property records, several tax statements, and a property map with the farm area outlined. Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Map. |
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 |
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