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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CFR0970 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gooding, Nicholaus | Gooding Farms, Inc. | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John Gooding |
Marion | Gooding, William E. | No | None of the original... | Wheat, Oats, Barley, Corn,... | Row crops (beans, corn,... | No |
Nicholaus Gooding also operated a blacksmith shop on the property. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Indiana | France (Alsace Lorraine) | 2 | ||||||||
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 | |||||
CFR1219 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cappoen, Theophile | Taghon Farm | 1915 | 40.00 | 72.55 | 55 | No | No | Yes |
Sales Deed record |
T1N R3W S33 |
Washington |
1645 NW Cornelius-Schefflin Rd. Cornelius OR 97113 |
.85 miles | Cornelius | Finegan, Joseph; Finegan, Jennifer | Yes | First house built in 1915 and... | Barley; Hay; Oats; Peas;... | No | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Aerial photograph; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great great grandson | Minnesota | Belgium | 2 | ||||||
CFR1166 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smutz, I. D. | 1910 | 749.00 | 733.00 | 733 | No | No | Yes |
Deeds |
T 3, R 38, S 21,22,28 |
Union |
60040 Foothill Rd. LaGrande, OR 97850 |
3 miles | LaGrande | Smutz, Lawrence; Smutz, Barbara | Yes | Lawrence & Barb live in... | Grain; Hay; Chickens; Cows;... | Barley; Hay; Wheat; Cattle;... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Content list; Famly history narrative; Farm history; Ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandson | Westermoreland County, PA and Agncey City, Iowa | 3 | |||||||
CFR0920 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Evans, Peter | Ever May Farms | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Hubert Bernards |
Washington | Evers, Eugene | No | Original home still exists,... | Grain, Garden crops | Dairy cows (dairy farming),... | No |
"Peter Evers was a cobbler by trade but kept a cow for home use and raised some grain and garden crops." -- application/ This property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0921 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vanderzanden, John | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Joseph Huber |
Washington | Vanderzanden, Aloysius R. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Grain, Strawberries (... | Blackcap raspberries, Grain | No |
Of the original 140 acres, 60 acres was sold to John's daughter and son-in-law. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Handwritten letter; Certification of ownership; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Dupere, Wisconsin | Holland | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0328 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ramp, Samuel | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Harvey E. J. Smith |
Marion |
1 mile north of Brooks on Highway 99E. |
No | No |
Applicant now owns 98 acres of the original purchase by his ancestors. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson and granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0242 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cheadle, Richmond | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Sam Hyde |
S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the N 1/2 of SW 1/4 and N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 19 T 12S R 2W -- 320 acres |
Linn | Wheeler, Dean; Wheeler, Charles; Wheeler, Scott; Wheeler, Robert; Wheeler, Alfred | No | No |
Property passed to Mariette Wheeler, who then passed 320 acres to Dean Wheeler (father of applicants) and to George Wheeler (uncle of applicants). The property is now owned by all five brothers (applicants). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR1175 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rohde, Jacob Peter | J. P. Rohde Ranch, Inc. | 1905 | 160.00 | 2,500.00 | 6400 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed |
T 3N, R 30E, S 17 |
Umatilla |
7590 Nolin Grade Road
Echo, OR 97826 |
45.741433,-119.077106 | 6 miles | Echo | Glenn Louise Rohde | Yes | Farm house 1912 | Barley; Mint; Onions; Wheat | Wheat | No | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Extensive family and farm history narrative; Copies of photographs; Newspaper articles; Ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Grandchild | Illinois | Germany | 0 | ||||
CFR1182 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sly, Frank E. | Sly Farms LLC | 1908 | 140.00 | 237.00 | 237 & 120 rented | No | No | Yes |
Deed Auction Courthouse Steps |
T 19S, R 3 W, S 1 |
Lane |
38727 Dale Kuni Road, Creswell, OR 97426 |
2.5 | Creswell | Sly, James R.; Sly, Barbara Jo | No | Grain; Hay; Dairy cattle | Hay; Cattle | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; List of documents; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Certificate of farm name; Copy of marriage certificate; Newspaper articles; Copies of photographs; Military documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | South Dakota | 2 |