Frontier Cabin

In the past, when temporary shelter was needed, it was common to quickly build a rustic log cabin. A crew of lumbermen might need winter quarters close to and area where they were cutting virgin timber. A miner or trapper, merchant or farmer was moving into a new area and needed shelter. With a minimum of tools and time, a log cabin home could be built. No nails were used in this structure. The log walls are interlocked and the thick roof shingles are held in place by a rough external frame. Often the floor was dirt. As there is no chimney visible on this rough structure, perhaps it was used for storage rather than "living space"? Over time, additional structures might be raised to be used as a stable, barn, chicken house, spring house, smoke house. The community might even build a rustic log cabin church.