Log Cabins Websites

US national organization of manufacturers of log homes. Showcases a log home each month, offers log home information, and lists accredited members.

Illustrated article by Christopher W. Czajka on the homes built on the United States frontier in the latter part of the 19th century. Covers the historical background and details of construction. Includes a short bibliography.

Teaching the craft of log building in northern Minnesota. Provides a lengthy bibliography on the history and techniques of log construction.

The 1840s home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln is now an 86-acre living history farm run by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which includes a replica of the Lincoln log cabin and two other farm houses of the period.

This lesson plan from the US National Park Service provides a history of the log cabin tradition and Scandinavian influence on American pioneers.