The Lincoln family arrived by ferry from Kentucky at Lincoln Ferry Park just west of Troy in 1816, and young Abe Lincoln explored these woods, borrowed his first books there, and developed his love of learning. About 15 miles away, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Living Historical Farm preserves the site of the farm where he spent fourteen formative years from age seven to twenty-one. As a young man, Lincoln worked odd jobs for local merchant Col. Jones, including transporting produce by flat boat to New Orleans. In 1844, he slept at the Jones home in Gentryville, north of Rockport, on the night he gave a campaign speech for Henry Clay. The Federal-style house is believed to contain a corner cupboard built by Lincoln’s father Thomas. At age 18, Lincoln was arrested by Kentucky authorities for infringing on exclusive Ohio River ferry rights, but after proving to a Kentucky Justice of the Peace that he had only ferried supplies and people to boats in the middle of the river, his case was dismissed.