Schmieder Homestead

Chapter 21 – The Crash on the Hill and the Birth of Erma Rosa

12/18/2025
The Storm Two days after Easter, on April 22, 1930, winter returned. Overnight, a sharp...
Chronicles of George and Rosa / Schmieder Homestead
Historic riverside sawmill with logs and reflection

Chapter 18: From the Schweizerhof to Alexander

09/28/2025
Der Schweizerhof, Wagenhausen, Germany (circa 1905) — The historic farm-inn later owned and operated by...
Schmieder Homestead / Schweizerhof - Farm/Inn
Early 1900s sepia portrait of two men

Chapter 17: Where Hope Took Root: The Schmieder Homestead Begins

07/22/2025
Albert Beck (Rosa Beck Schmieder's Brother) - Alexander "Benny" Feist (Hired man) “The family built...
Chronicles of George and Rosa / Schmieder Homestead
Vintage farmhouse and red barn across field

Chapter 16: From Kreutter’s Fields to Their Own

06/25/2025
Schmieder Homestead, Alexander, New York — as it appeared before the Schmieder family acquired the...
Chronicles of George and Rosa / Schmieder Homestead

Chapter 15: When the Homestead Became Their Own

06/16/2025
The House That Became Home — Schmieder Homestead, Alexander, New York A Legacy Ends Cold,...
Chronicles of George and Rosa / Schmieder Homestead