[jay1949]

* * * Mountain Folk and Log Cabins Ping List * * *

[dainbramaged]

My great grandfather was born in Obion county, Tennessee in 1855 and moved his family to Arkansas in the late 19th century before settling in the Puget Sound area around 1905.
They may have traveled through this neck of the woods. I have his model 1894 Winchester rifle he purchased new in 1895.

[Verginius Rufus]

Were there Union supporters in this corner of Mississippi during the War? Tishimingo Dogtrot Log Cabin Republicans?

[dljordan]

There’s a wonderful example in Montgomery Bell State Park in Dickson County, Tennessee about 30 miles West of Nashville.

[Ditter]

Thanks for posting this. My mother's side of the family built a dog trot cabin in east Texas in the 1820’s. I had the distinct pleasure of seeing it once when I about 11, in 1951. Soon after my uncle, the owner, died and the property was sold.

[Howie]

May I join your list?

[STONEWALLS]

...one branch of my father’s family lived in what they called a ‘dog run’ cabin outside Monticello FL...they burned it down and raked the nails out of the ashes to take them when they left for Texas in the 1850s...I remember people living in dog run houses in the Florida panhandle in the late 1940s...it would always be a little cooler in the run.

[SuziQ]

Reminds me of the cabin owned by Robert Duval's character in the movie Tomorrow, a GREAT film!

[WKB]

Mississippi ping - 3

We lived in several of these dog trot houses when I was a boy.
We moved so much and often every time a pick up truck pulled up in the yard the chickens laid down and crossed their legs.

[prisoner6]

Thanks for the posts! They are VERY enjoyable!

[caver]

I learn something new every time you post!

[wardaddy]

My ancestors in Sullivans Hollow in Smith County tween Mt Olive and Mize used to have a log cabin standing from 1790s...the oldest continually lived in structure in the state.

A dogtrot...open air with two distinct sides.

I had fried peach pie their in 1980 with my 4X grandpa pappy Tom Sullivan’s great grandson Shep Sullivan and his wife. They by then had running water and an add on bathroom and power...but no AC. I hope it is still there. I think it is.

The annual reunion of Tom’s 1000s of descendents is last Sunday of September....I may drag some of my lads down.

[wardaddy]

Pappy Tom Sullivan cabin near Mize...somebody has added on since my day...the siding stuff...and the trot is closed in looks like...this is giving me more incentive to attend...sure wish I still had older kin to share with...strange when you are now the elder

http://www.mize.town.ms.gov/history.html