Sixth generation of Boone County’s McGlasson Farms puts the ‘u’ back in fruit picking – Knowhere News

Sixth generation of Boone County’s McGlasson Farms puts the ‘u’ back in fruit picking – Knowhere News

Written by Chris AldridgeAg News in Kentucky Henry McGlasson relocated from Virginia to the west in the 1860s and constructed a modest log cottage a few miles downstream from Cincinnati on the Ohio River’s south bank. The original cabin is still inside a farmhouse that has been enlarged, renovated, and occupied by Henry’s great-grandson until last year. Between the river and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Boone County…

Sixth generation of Boone County's McGlasson Farms puts the 'u' back in fruit picking - NKyTribune

By Chris Aldridge Kentucky Ag News In the 1860s, Henry McGlasson moved west from Virginia and built a small log cabin on the south bank of the Ohio River a couple of miles downstream from Cincinnati. The original cabin still remains inside a farmhouse, which has been expanded, remodeled, and up until last year, occupied by Henry’s great grandson. The sixth generation of the McGlasson family is still farming 120 acres of rich bottomland soil in B…