in building a log cabin. My father, Richard Evans, was born in Kentucky in 1798, and he grew up in a log cabin. He has seen them built, and helped build them. Here is how he described it around the campfire last night:
“Early Days in Iowa
1850 – 1900”, Washington Township, Wapello County
Mr. I. T. Flint, originally printed in the Eldon Starr Newspaper
James looked over at me with that twinkle he gets in his eyes, and remarked that our cabin could be famous someday -- like that of President Abraham Lincoln. But seriously Louisa, he has promised to put a covered porch across the front, and to add on as soon as he gets the barn, the milk shed, and fencing done. This winter, though, the animals will have more room than we will.
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