Log Cabins

Today's log cabins are often spacious and elegant, but in the 1800s they reflected the hardships of life on the North American frontier.

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Use this class-room ready lesson plan to consider how simple, functional cabins, like those built by the Finns in Idaho, became symbols in American politics and folklore.