Modern Pioneers Launch Log Cabin Community. Spurred on by economic conditions, eight hardy families; reverting to the pioneer instincts of their fore fathers; have begun a log-cabin cooperative community on the edge of a wilderness that flanks the Daniel Webster Highway in this section. Among the contributing factors which led the twentieth century pioneers to strike out for themselves were high rents; cramped play room for children and lack of farming space. The cabins, built by the settlers themselves at a cost of less than $400; are constructed of pine; with clear maple and white birch flooring. All the timber supply is taken from the surrounding woods. The original cost of the land; about $60 an acre, and materials not available from natural sources constitute the outlay for what members of the community describe as "comfortable homes." Photo Shows: The first settler of the log-cabin colony, Edwin Johnson, a bachelor, doing some of the chores in the kitchen of his home. An ex-navy man. Johnson gets pension, which, he say, will keep him in fine style the rest of his life. His entire cabin and land cost him $71 and now feels that his rent problems are over. Next year he will start cultivating his land.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. October 1936]

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