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The Liberty Landing, also known as Baxter’s Landing, stood at the base of the bluffs one half mile west of Missouri 291 Highway and played a significant role in the history and development of Liberty, Missouri, and Clay County. In use from 1829 until the 1890’s, it was much more than a tie-up location for keelboats and riverboats. A settlement flourished there that included a hemp factory with rope walk, tobacco warehouse, livery stables, vineyard with winery, hotel, post office, and at least seven houses. An 1877 map shows a town with thirty-five lots laid out. As trains replaced steamboats as the favored mode of transportation, the landing was abandoned. In 1906 the United States Government blew the rings used to tie up steamboats out of the rocks. Little is left of the landing because of development in the area.
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