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Peter Dewar, a Scottish immigrant who settled in Brown County, built the two-story log cabin around 1875 at another location as a wedding gift to his son. In order to save the historic cabin from demolition, Selma had it relocated to the Steele property in the early 1930s, where it became known as the Trailside Museum.
Spirit Lake Massacre Log Cabin; Squatter's Cabin; Steuben Log Cabin; Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead; Sulphide–Frisco Cabin; Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin; Sushana River Ranger Cabin No. 17; Swamp–Meadow Cabin (east) Swamp–Meadow Cabin (west) Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin
Poverty was widespread and people began to leave the county in droves. Cabins all over the hills and valleys stood empty. In 1890, 10,308 people lived in Brown County. By 1930 only 5,168 remained. Not until 1980 did the population exceed the 1890 figure. In 1900, villages were still the centers of Brown County life.
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
Brown County State Park was the fourth such park established after this legislation. In 1929, Brown County commissioners gave the state conservation department 1,129 acres (4.57 km 2) of land adjacent to the Brown County Game Preserve for the creation of a state park. Four parks had been donated using other means before the legislation, making ...
Courthouse, Old Log Jail, and the Historical Society Museum Building 39°12′28″N 86°14′48″W / 39.2078°N 86.2467°W / 39.2078; -86.2467 ( Brown County Courthouse Historic Nashville