Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower purchased the farm in 1950, using it for weekend retreats from the White House. In fact ... where he and his wife, Mamie, lived until they died in 1969 ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower owned a farm ... It also became the site of the "Temporary White House" while Ike recuperated from his first heart attack in 1955. Eisenhower was a "gentleman farmer," which ...