Woolly State Park, Arkansas, November 4, 2007
William Riley Woolly and his family migrated from Waynesboro, Tennessee in 1851, settling on land that came to be known as Woolly Hollow in Faulkner County, Arkansas. In 1882, a son, Martin Alfred Woolly, built a one room log home on land that he had homesteaded in 1859. Constructed of logs more than a foot thick and eighteen feet long, the cabin was originally located less than a mile southwest of the park. In 1975, it was moved to its present site and restored.
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There are people who’d love to move into one of those! I wonder if my 1860′s North Carolina ancestor had a house that nice.
Dot – Believe it or not, we actually lived for a time in a cabin that wasn’t much bigger than that. Not long after we moved to Arkansas, we landed a gig as caretakers for Pots Inn, a 1858 two and a half story home that also served as a rest stop on the old Butterfield Overland Mail Route. I took care of the grounds and Karen gave tours in exchange for use of an old log cabin for our residence.
That is ‘way cute!! I could live in that for sure. And your time in the Pots In sounds like a real adventure for you and Karen!
So did you like living in the cabin- did Karen.
I lived in a cabin for about a month in Leadville. The cabin had minimal electricity and no heat, no toilet, and only cold water. It was brutal, but then again I was 18- now I might enjoy it, but not with my five kids under the same roof.
.-= Michelle Gartner´s last blog ..Vintage 1974 Barbie’s Olympic Ski Village =-.
Once again, sorry for taking so long to respond to comments.
Jannie – It was an adventure, for sure, but one we glad didn’t last too long. Summer was too hot for living in a place without air conditioning and the two small window units we bought just weren’t up to the task of cooling it cabin.
Michelle – It was alright for a temporary measure. We were in it during a hot summer with less than adequate window a/c units that we had purchased.