Log Cabin

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Log cabin

The 1879 two-story Log Cabin was moved to the Museum grounds from 5 Mile Road in Lincoln Township in 1971. It has been authentically furnished by the Smith family who lived in the house in the 1920s.

 

This house has stood many winters and kept out the bitter cold.
This house is being restored now that it is getting old.

It has been moved by the movers to a place where it may stay.
It was moved from a place called Red Keg in the good old lumbering days.

Sleeping quarters in log cabin

Now it has become an aged old emblem in a museum where it will display
the art of building houses (with 11 children!) in the early lumbering day.

This house has many precious memories of the days gone by.
When Mother baked the pancakes and put the sausage on to fry.

The chores were hastily finished then all was off to school
where the teacher was the commander and taught by the Golden Rule.

Spinning wheel and kitchen area in log cabin

When the days activity was finished and all was off to bed
We were back where we started for another day was just ahead.

My Home
by Ken Smith