Twin Mill Farm
Horse boarding stable in western Shawnee
A friendly, relaxed place for horses and riders, with 60 acres of wooded trails on the property and direct access to the Shawnee Mission Park trail system.
Horse boarding only. Call or email Courtney to arrange a visit.
19109 Midland Drive, Shawnee, KS 66218. The main barn and parking lot are on Lawrence Road, about 200 yards off Midland Drive.
Boarding and fees
Pasture board, with gelding and mare herds kept separate. Herds rotate between pastures and barn lots, with windbreaks and shelters.
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Pasture board
$350 /monthHorses are fed hay and have access to grass seasonally.
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Pasture board with grain
$450 /monthPart of the pasture herd, and fed up to 4 lb of grain once a day.
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Stall board for new arrivals
$600 /monthEvery new horse is stall boarded for the first 30 days, including 7 days of strict quarantine, before joining the pasture herd.
Feed
- Quality brome hay
- Purina Equine Senior
- Owners may provide their own grain or supplements
Before your horse arrives
- Coggins within 1 year
- Health certificate within 7 days
- Current vaccinations: Rhino/Flu (spring and fall), EWT, West Nile, Rabies
- A nasopharyngeal wash or nasal swab with a negative strangles PCR
Email the Pre-Arrival form and vet records to twinmillfarm@gmail.com before you come. The New Boarder form and Release can be filled in when you arrive.
The trails
60 acresof maintained private trails, in the woods
Twin Mill Farm's own trails sit right next to Shawnee Mission Park, with direct access to the park's equestrian trail system. Ride out from the barn without loading a trailer.
The lower west loop of the farm trail is said to follow an old wagon road, from the days when Lawrence Road was part of the Westport to Lawrence route.
Facilities
Everything a pasture-boarded horse and a trail rider need, on one property.
Arena
A 100 by 200 foot lighted sand arena. The covered 80 by 100 foot section gives all-weather footing and summer shade.
Round pen
A 60 foot round pen for safe, controlled training.
Main barn
Tack room, outdoor wash stall, cross-ties and a hitch rail.
East barn
Quarantine and emergency stalls, grain storage, and deep eaves that shelter the pasture herds.
Hay storage
Brome hay stored on site.
Cross-country course
A cross-country course on the property.
The history of the land
The farm is named for the nearby junction of Mill Creek and Little Mill Creek.
- 1836
A grist and sawmill is built on Mill Creek for the Shawnee community. It makes lumber, flour and corn meal until floods destroy it in 1844.
- 1849 to 1869
Lawrence Road, the farm's access road today, is the Westport to Lawrence Road and part of the California Road west.
- 1859
The land is deeded to George McDougal, one of the Shawnee delegates who signed the 1854 treaty in Washington, and his family.
- 1908 to 1927
The Hocker Line electric railway runs along what is now Lawrence Road.
- 1930s
The land becomes a dairy farm. A receipt for milk sold to the Zarah Market turned up when the old farmhouse came down.
- 1969
Dr. Robert W. Hamill and his wife Virginia, who bought the land in 1963, establish Twin Mill Farm as a horse boarding stable.
- 1990
Chip and Becky Newcomer buy the farm and improve the facility. The barn goes up in 1997.
- Today
Their daughter Courtney and her husband John Nelson run Twin Mill Farm.
Things to look for
The farm has picked up some local landmarks over the years.
- The Mobilgas Pegasus
Found at an antique store in Phoenix, and on the barn since it was built in 1997. Look for it lit red at night.
- The Horse Wall
A steel-plate fence over the arena and pasture by Courtney Nelson, 1995, cut in the shapes of horses who lived here: Shadow, Sam, Bumper, Kite, Toby, Simon and Javel among them.
- GINny the cow
Painted by the K-State Extension Master Gardeners for CowParade Kansas City in 2001, and watching over the pastures ever since.
- The Santa Fe caboose
Bought in the 1990s when BNSF retired its cabooses. It came with crew graffiti inside, and one boarder recognized the names from his father's crew.
Getting here
From I-435
- Take the Midland Drive exit.
- Go west on Midland Drive 1½ miles to Lawrence Road.
- Turn left onto Lawrence Road for 200 yards.
- The main barn and parking lot are on the left.
From Shawnee Mission Parkway
- Go south on Midland Drive to Lawrence Road.
- Turn right onto Lawrence Road.
- The main barn and parking lot are on the south side of the road.
- Address19109 Midland Drive, Shawnee, KS 66218
- Phone, Courtney(913) 708-4849
- Emailtwinmillfarm@gmail.com
- FacebookTwin Mill Farm on Facebook
Twin Mill Farm is horse boarding only. There are no posted visiting hours, so please call or email before you come out.