"While the old Cape houses we see today seem just as firmly planted as ever, many are far removed from their original sites. Because they sat low to the ground, it was fairly easy to move them about with the aid of horses and rollers or to float them from place to place on barges. Houses were moved all over the Cape, and some were even floated across the from to the south shore of Cape Cod. It is said that they could be transported with contents intact and that, when stoves came into use, the fires were left burning so cooking could be done en route."