This beautiful farm was established in 1962 by the wonderful owners at the time, Fred and Freda McQueen.  Freda (1923 - 2012) moved to the Dallas area in the early 1940's, she worked for the Dallas Morning News. She met and married Fred W. McQueen (1924 - 1981) who had recently returned home from WWII, and partnered with him in a home building business.  After purchasing the 150 acre property and after camping and picnicking there on several occasions, they eventually chose a spot and built their home at the farm in the early sixties.  After years of work and seeing more potential for the property, they cleared a deep creek valley and created the 5 acre lake behind the home in 1969. Fred later built the pole barn for hay storage in the early seventies.  They grazed cattle and other livestock.  They made the one-hour drive from their home in Dallas and back nearly every weekend for 18 years.

Freda recorded many of the events of their lives and work efforts on the farm in a 30 page Journal which she documented so many stories, Fred working with cattle, family gatherings and the pleasures of their lives at the farm.  A wonderful treasure trove of history that was fortunately saved. 

After our purchase of the farm in 2020, the current efforts of my wife and I are to bring the now, 70 acre property to being a farm that can be experienced by friends and visitors who enjoy walking, site-seeing, fishing and relaxing by a spacious campfire.  We will soon have cattle grazing again, along with chickens.  The only crop currently produced is hay for cattle.  We produce about 200+ large round bales per year on the forty eight acres of hay fields.  The world is quickly trying to close in on us and we are striving to maintain some sense of seclusion from this crazy ever-changing society and country side.