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The Goodrich-Landow Log Cabin: A Document of Pioneer History

By John H. Conlin - July 15, 2004

Painstaking restorative efforts have made this early 19th-century log cabin the best surviving example of housing built by the earliest Holland Land Purchase settlers.

The full content is available in the Summer 2004 Issue.

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