# Jacob Yoder
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'''Jacob Yoder''' (August 11, 1758 – April 7, 1832) was a [pioneer](/source/wiktionary%3Apioneer) of Swiss descent. He was born in [Reading](/source/Reading%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) and died in [Spencer County](/source/Spencer_County%2C_Kentucky), [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky).
After serving through the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War) in the Pennsylvania line, he built a large boat at Fort Red Stone (now [Brownsville](/source/Brownsville%2C_Pennsylvania)), on [Monongahela River](/source/Monongahela_River), which he freighted with flour and carried to [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans) in May, 1782.[Buck Rinker. 2022. ''Life on the Mississippi: an epic American adventure.'' First Avid Reader Press.] With the profits of this venture he bought [peltrie](/source/peltrie)s which he sold in [Havana](/source/Havana), investing the proceeds in sugar for the Philadelphia market. This was the first attempt to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for commercial purposes. Subsequently, he settled in Spencer County, Kentucky, and took part in equipping and keeping in the field the military forces in the northwest territory.
He is known for his invention of the [flatboat](/source/flatboat).
[Beechland](/source/Beechland_(Taylorsville%2C_Kentucky)), the home in Spencer County, Kentucky which he built in 1804, survives and is listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76000945}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beechland/Vaucluse / Jacob Yoder House |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|author=Walter L. Langsam |author2=Mary Cronan |date=1976 |access-date=May 8, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=76000945|photos=y|title=accompanying 10 photos from 1976, and map}}][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDW48Q1syWY FLAT BOAT INVENTOR! HISTORY OF JACOB YODER'S HOME], BEECHLAND OR VAUCLUSE! You Tube.]
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Category:American people of Swiss descent
Category:People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution
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