The Homestead
The Barn at Schwinn Produce Farm sits on a homestead that has been in the family since the late 1800s, when John Maurice Hund – great-grandfather of Joe and Jay Schwinn -- purchased it from Joel Hiatt, the original owner who secured the land after signing a treaty with the Delaware Indians. It sits in a part of the Salt Creek Valley that is steeped in history. The remains of Buffalo Bill Cody’s boyhood home are up the road on Santa Fe Trail to the west. To the south is the old Hund School, a one-room schoolhouse that Jay and Joe’s mother, Pat, and her siblings attended, that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The farm passed from John Maurice to his son, John Aaron Hund, who, together with wife, Anna, raised six children, a huge garden, crops, chickens, hogs and dairy cattle on the land during the Great Depression. After John Aaron passed way in 1973, Pat’s brother, Norman, took over the farm, and when Norman died in 1997, the property was purchased by Joe and Helen Schwinn.
In its heyday, the homestead featured fruit orchards, Anna Hund’s beautiful peonies and irises, an old-fashioned wash house, milk house, full barnyard, and the two-story farmhouse where many celebrations, reunions and family gatherings were held over the years. So many generations of Leavenworth County families can trace their roots back to this special place: Hund, Schwinn, Todd, Heim, Theis, Stewart. We’re all family.
As they continue their work in cleaning up and restoring the property, the Schwinns invite you to visit a place where family, farming and faith have thrived for generations – The Homestead at Schwinn Produce Farm.
The farm passed from John Maurice to his son, John Aaron Hund, who, together with wife, Anna, raised six children, a huge garden, crops, chickens, hogs and dairy cattle on the land during the Great Depression. After John Aaron passed way in 1973, Pat’s brother, Norman, took over the farm, and when Norman died in 1997, the property was purchased by Joe and Helen Schwinn.
In its heyday, the homestead featured fruit orchards, Anna Hund’s beautiful peonies and irises, an old-fashioned wash house, milk house, full barnyard, and the two-story farmhouse where many celebrations, reunions and family gatherings were held over the years. So many generations of Leavenworth County families can trace their roots back to this special place: Hund, Schwinn, Todd, Heim, Theis, Stewart. We’re all family.
As they continue their work in cleaning up and restoring the property, the Schwinns invite you to visit a place where family, farming and faith have thrived for generations – The Homestead at Schwinn Produce Farm.
