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" A log house, in western parlance, differs from a cabin, in the logs being hewn on two sides to an equal thickness, before raising; in having a framed and shingled roof, a brick or stone chimney, windows, tight floors, and are frequently clapboarded on... "
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West: Containing Sketches of Michigan, Ohio ... - Page 125
by John Mason Peck - 1837 - 381 pages
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Sidelights on Our Social and Economic History

Samuel Eagle Forman - Industries - 1928 - 536 pages
...and inside. The roof is formed by shortening each end log, in succession, till one log forms the comb of the roof. The clapboards are put on so as to cover...dwelling of opulent and highly respectable families. . . . 3. Furniture, and mode of living. The genuine backwoodsman makes himself and family comfortable...
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