HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A couple has bought a former central Kansas plantation that was once a large shipping point for fruit between the Missouri River and California. See more on the sale here

The 1,260-acre Yaggy Plantation near Nickerson was auctioned off this week. Auction participants told The Hutchinson News  the land sold for more than $5 million. The buyers were Craig and Lucinda Piligian, who have homes in Reno County.

Descendants of the plantation’s founder, Levi Walter Yaggy, sold the acreage. The property, which has been in the same family for 130 years, at one time had as many as 50,000 apple trees and a million catalpa trees.

Lucinda Piligian says the land’s history was part of the attraction. She says they plan to continue the land’s current farming operation, which includes irrigated and dryland acreage.