Seiwert Farm
Our next post on #TheHistoryUnderCheney takes us to the west bank by Wenzel Cove. On the SW corner of the old Yoder and Boundary Rd intersection sat the farmstead of Anthony C. Seiwert. Their family farmed wheat on 3 different quarters that surrounded that intersection.
Joe Seiwert, who lives just west of the lake, remembers being a young boy at the time and watching out his bedroom window at the dam being built and the trees being cleared for the reservoir. He said the work went on day and night. After they vacated their property, their house and buildings were bulldozed into a pit where the rubble sat for over a year before it was all burned and buried. Joe remembers this infuriating his Dad and Grandpa.
In recent years, when the lake was low, members of the Seiwert family recovered a load of limestone from the old barn foundation, built a fireplace with it, and had their name engraved on one piece.
Our township map with Anthony C. Seiwert's farm circled
The Seiwert farmhouse
1950's aerial of the Seiwert farm
Anthony C. Seiwert standing west of his driveway on Boundary Road, which is now close to the Wenzel Cove boat ramp. The stumps of these trees are still there.
The Seiwert family taking a break from working the field just north of their farm across Boundary Rd. You can see the trees lining the Ninnescah River far off in the background.
This picture shows the location of the Seiwert farm in comparison the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The barn sat right at the edge of the water.
A look at the Ninnescah where it passed through the Seiwert's land
In recent years when Cheney was low, members of the Seiwert family recovered a load of limestone from their families old barn foundation, built a fireplace with it, and had their name engraved on one. Awesome piece of family history!
The chunks of foundation that still remain of the Seiwert farmstead exposed in January 2023 when Cheney was low
