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The Log Cabin Village is a 19th-century living history museum that provides a glimpse into Texas life in the 1800s. The site features staff members dressed in 19th-century-style attire and historic buildings from north and central Texas. [1] Log Cabin Village is dedicated to the preservation of 19th c. folk architecture and frontier lifeways ...
The Log Cabin Village, a living history village owned and operated by the city of Fort Worth, includes the restored Parker Cabin, which was built by a relative of Cynthia Ann Parker in 1848. [26] The Dallas Heritage Village, in Dallas hosts a dogtrot house built in the winter of 1845-1846 near what is now the Dallas/Fort Worth International ...
Log Cabin is located in western Henderson County and bordered to the south by Caney City. Texas State Highway 198 passes through the west side of Log Cabin, leading northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Mabank and south 4 miles (6 km) to Malakoff. Athens, the Henderson county seat, is 13 miles (21 km) to the east by road.
Barnwood Builders follows Mark Bowe, whose West Virginia company [10] purchases old barns and log cabins in order to reuse the hand-hewn logs in modern housebuilding. [11] His team specializes in the reclamation and restoration of pioneer era structures in the eastern United States. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. [226] Indianola: Calhoun: Barren site, submerged Submerged under Matagorda Bay. [227] Indio: Starr/Presidio [228] Ireland: Coryell/Hamilton: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 60. [229]
Village Name County Population Total Area Land Water Elevation Bailey's Prairie, Texas [1]: Brazoria County, Texas: 727 (2010 Census) 7.7 sq mi (19.9 km2) 7.5 sq mi (19.3 km2)
The Village borders on a railroad track, and is home to a restored red train caboose. There are also log cabins and other restored Victorian architecture in the Village. Of note on the property is the Millard-Lee House which Thomas restored. The house is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and was built c.1837 by Robert G. Millard.
Wigwam Village #6 is featured in the 1991 movie The Dark Wind, [34] based on the 1982 Tony Hillerman novel of the same name. Wigwam Village #7 is featured in Bobcat Goldthwait's 2011 black comedy film God Bless America. Joan Didion mentions #7 in her essay "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream", included in her 1968 collection Slouching Towards ...