Courtesy of Chris Brown To step inside George Jutras’ cabin is to step back in time nearly a century. On the wall, the calendar always reads 1935 — the year the cabin was built. The hand-hewn log ...

One hundred and ten original logs survived from the first Protestant Church west of the Mississippi River, Old Bethel Baptist Church. "From these hand hewn poplar logs many people came together and ...

Pioneer settlers of Arkansas found a great richness of timber. Among the tough hardwoods were 29 oak species, with white and red oaks being particularly abundant, along with 10 species of hickory, not ...

Authentic hand-hewn log homes that date back to the 1800s are few and far between in northern Illinois. Those that might have been built in this area back then have long since been torn down and ...