First Log Cabin

Erected by Joseph Gray at S.W. corner of present day Bridge and Spring Streets to serve Dutch Flat Wagon Road traffic over Donner Pass.

Marker is on Church Street east of Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Future Farmers of America Log Cabin

1935

Over one hundred members of Milton High School's Future Farmers of America built this rustic cabin. Teacher P.L. Elkins provided seed money and oversight for the project. The purpose of the project was to give the young men an opportunity ...

Log Cabin

Historical Monument

Circa 1834. Discovered when a section of a farmhouse was demolished. It was purchased by the Town & moved to this location in 1987. Before the Town was created, a primitive school was functioning in the cabin.

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Dixie School Log Cabin

Citizens of the Dixie community built this structure 1/4 mile southeast of this site in the 1930s to serve as a cafeteria during the Depression era. The log cabin has also served as a meeting place, music hall and classroom. ...

Sweeny-Waddy Log Cabin

John Sweeny, Sr. (d. 1855) moved his family from Tennessee to Brazoria county, Texas, about 1833. With the help of slaves, he cleared his land and established a large plantation. This log cabin, originally located about 9 miles southwest of ...

Log Cabin to Victorian Parlour

As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.

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The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in ...

Site of Hanna Log Cabin

Built near this spring in 1810 by Benjamin and Rachael Dixon Hanna whose family were first settlers in this community in 1801 and 1802.

They were the grandparents of Marcus Alonzo Hanna United States Senator from 1897 to 1904

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First Log Cabin / First Frame House

First Log Cabin

Here in April 1821, three years after the Jackson Purchase, the first home, a round-log cabin, was built by James and William Pore. Only a few Indians remained. James Davis, his wife and three sons, built a shelter ...

The Joseph R. Rice Log Cabin

Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) cut timber, then his young wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), snaked the logs to a homesite 16 miles southwest of here. The cabin they built was a noted way-station on the San Antonio Road. They brought ...

Wm. R. Look Log Cabin

Circa 1850

The Wm. R. Look Log Cabin is an example of pioneer architecture in southeastern Wisconsin. This historic log home was originally located on Pioneer and Elder Roads in the Town of Concord. Over the years the log cabin was ...