

The Dinsmore Homestead is located at 5656 Burlington Pike (Kentucky Route 18), 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Burlington, Kentucky and was completed in 1842.
In 1839 James and Martha Dinsmore purchased approximately 700 acres (2.8 km2) in Boone County, Kentucky. He and his family settled there, growing grapes, raising sheep and growing willows for a basket-making business that was overseen by German immigrants. The house is notable for containing all original artifacts that were purchased by the family primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio, and southern Indiana. Their daughter Julia Stockton Dinsmore operated the farm successfully from 1872 until her death at age 93 in 1926.
Some of the interesting events the Dinsmores were involved in include: relations between the U. S. Government and the Cherokee and Choctaw, early Republic land speculations, (for example, Macomb's Purchase), the Texas Revolution of 1836, Early Republic politics, the Adams Express Company, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the Lusitania, and World War One.
In 1987, the Dinsmore Homestead Foundation purchased the home and approximately 30 acres to preserve the site. Primary sources allow docents to highlight the Dinsmore family's connections to people like:
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