At Cedar Lakes

51f/10.5C, mostly clear, breezy. Beautiful!

This house was moved to the park some years ago and restored. Today, it is in serious need of restoring again. According to the park's website,  "

The cabin was once the home of Jacob L. Starcher, the grandson of Jacob Starcher, the first permanent settler in Ripley. It serves as a memorial to the early settlers of Jackson County. It was donated to Cedar Lakes by the late Genevieve Starcher in 1968.

Visitors may take tours during the Arts and Crafts Festival."

I am not sure where this building, or any of the others, came from, but certainly somewhere in Jackson county.

Look at this dovetailing. 

The yucca plants, or Spanish Dagger as my mother called this plant, look striking against the logs.

Old fence detail. I doubt it will stand much longer.

I pressed my phone to the window to see what was inside the house, as it was , of course, locked up. 

A zoomed picture,  because I want to try to identify the Early American Pattern Glass compote on the table.

The covered bromide was moved almost 50 years ago, from the nearby community called Staats (or Statts, depending on who you ask) Mill. 

Another small log building. I wonder what it was used for?

Pawpaw trees border Mill Creek beside the park. Many people love pawpaw fruit, and there is even a Pawpaw festival in Ohio and I think one here in West Virginia too. I can't stand it myself-- it has the consistency and texture of over-ripe bananas. Yuck.

Close-up of the leaves.

Off to the open mic now, after a stop for rabbit feed! Never just one thing to do when we go to town.

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