9620AP Southern Homestead Art PrintIn the 1760s Daniel Boone crossed the Appalachian Mountains to the game-rich wilds of "Kentucke." Again in 1775 he was one of the leaders of permanent settlers who began laboring Westward over the mountains with families, cattle and goods, to occupy an area along the Kentucky River near the homestead shown in this painting.The original portion of this log cabin was 20' x 20'; built in 1810 by Roderick McIntosh who migrated from Scotland to North Carolina to Kentucky in 1809. Roderick McIntosh got a land grant from Col. Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first Governor in 1792-1795 and re-elected 1808-1812. Gov. Shelby was a Colonel in the Revolutionary Army from North Carolina; he also recruited many Kentucky riflemen for the War of 1812. The date of additonal construction on the cabin is not known. Logs used in building the cabin were mostly Tulip Poplar, some Hemlock, Northern Red Oak and Chestnut. The first caulking was done with mud, later replaced with cement mortar. All partitions, floors and beams, as well as paneling, were fashioned with hand tools and made mostly from Poplar. Heat for the structure was supplied in the early years from two fireplaces and in recent years with heat from a Franklin Stove and fireplace insert and fan. An inside 5' x 6' bathroom was added in 1980. Electricity and inside plumbing completed the remodeling. On the porch can be found various tools and furniture; a grinding wheel for sharpening knives and tools; an old L&N Depot passenger bench; a hand-made oak rocker with split HIckory bark woven seat, and a Root Rake. The White Oak whiskey barrel was used for catching rain water draining from the roof's wooden eave trough. The water was used for watering plants and fighting fires. The tree in the left-foreground is a Pecan; rarely found this far north. The forest, serving as a backdrop for this scene, is made up of Poplar, Hemlock, Hickory, and Northern Red Oak. The flowering trees are Dogwood and Red Bud, with their early spring blossoms. |
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