 The Inn has five large bedrooms, with king and queen bed accommodations, each with a private bath. Rooms will also sleep more than two persons. There is a TV and game room, a reception-dining area, two large porches and gazebo on the lawn. Another structure on the same site houses a gift and collectible shop, with a master suite on the second level. The interior is comfortable and complete with numerous antiques, as well as conveniences that most modern travelers would deem as necessary. The atmosphere of an 18th Century log home is still very much in evidence and displays much of the authentic material salvaged from the original structures.
 Of interest is what these homes looked like when they were built in the 18th Century. The logs were hewn by hand with a broad axe and adze and chinked with what is known as "buck fat", with straw, leaves, and even in the very early years, buffalo hair, was used as a filler. The roofs were of riven clapboards held in place with weightpoles. Most cabins only had one door and the windows were about ten inches in size. Taking a look inside you would probably see a huge fireplace and a crudely built bed with a feather tick supported by a network of creaking hemp rope.
 On a row of pegs, you would see home spun wearing apparel. On the mantel would be horn combs, most with teeth missing, several badly used books, a cracked looking glass, and a few bottles stoppered with cobs or rags. A pair of deer antlers attached to the wall support the family arsenal, which consisted of flintlocks, powder horns and bullet-pouches. You would see displays of blue-bordered table ware, wooden utensils, iron pots and some dishes and spoons of pewter.
If these logs could talk, what would they say - perhaps they would tell how hard times were in the early days on the frontier when food had to be cooked in iron pots, held by a hoist over the fireplace, and the bread and pastries baked in hot coals. Yarn had to be spun to make their clothing, water had to be carried in buckets, outside toilets, and wood chopped for the fireplaces. Then there were the good times - quilting parties, dancing, "corn squeezins" of course, fiddle playing contests, and church socials, where the eligible ladies fixed a picnic basket and it was sold to the highest bidder. - but "Times winged chariot moves swiftly on." |
