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carried people and goods back and forth between the landing and Indiana. They would build a float barge and load full of agricultural products and livestock and float down the river to New Orleans. With the money earned would sow into their pants, buy horses and return home. One year Henry Clay rode
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Farnsley died in 1849 without a will, and after a dozen years of legal wrangling over his estate by his family, the ownership of the property was purchased by the successful Moremen family of Brandenburg in 1862. Alanson and Rachel Moremen implemented a very successful farming operation that spanned
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landing on the property allowed people traveling by river to stop to trade goods, pick up boiler wood for fuel, or rest. The Moremen family nicknamed the landing "Soap Landing", as they sold lye soap and other household and agricultural products there. In addition, a
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the float barge stumping for President Abraham Lincoln. Long in his oration at every stop they ran into very cold conditions. The barge was frozen in place and all goods had to be unloaded and sold.
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for purposes of restoration, promotion and preservation of the families history. On October 10, 1993, the restored house was debuted to the public.
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decades and increased the size of the farm to 1,500 acres (610 ha), making it into one of the largest working farms in
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A visitors center situated on the property houses an auditorium, museum exhibits and a store.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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From around 1862 to 1900, the property served as a river transportation hub. A
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Like many other structures along the Ohio River, the house was damaged by the
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The Moremen family managed the property until 1988, when they sold it to
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Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Riverside, The Farnsley–Moremen Landing".
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The back of the Farnsley–Moreman house on a foggy late winter morning
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is a historic 300-acre (120 ha) farm and house in south end
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
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19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky
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Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Louisville, Kentucky
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Louisville, Kentucky
Ohio River
I-house
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Jefferson County
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Ohio River flood of 1937
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Farmington Historic Plantation
Historic Locust Grove
List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area
List of museums in the Louisville metropolitan area
List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area
Oxmoor Farm

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