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Eve & Alex Chisholm's Log Cabin in 1908 Fall City |
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In 1908, Eve & Alex Chisholm moved to a log cabin outside of Fall City, Washington. For those familiar with the area: this is approximately where the Yoga Barn is up on the Lake Marie Road (356th).
Row of cabins showing the dirt road in front. The story I always heard was that this picture was of the grouse sitting on the ground in front and that's why there is any of picture of these cabins! Photo taken September 1, 1908.
Eve & Alex Chisholm had just moved here with their three young children (Don, Keith & Bruce).
Jimmy Chisholm was visiting them when he took the photos. I rather imagine he both wanted to make sure that his brother's family had survived the trip and to see what Fall City was like. I doubt if Lulan (Eve's sister and Jimmy's wife) had gone on the trip because she had a young child and another well on the way. It may only be an hour's travel from Fall City to Seattle now, but then it was a longish trip involving the Mosquito Fleet or a train. I'd guess most of a day there and most of a day back. From the dates on the photos, Jimmy Chisholm stayed there for more than a week. It wouldn't be the sort of trip one took casually with small children. I'm sure, from having met Lulan (my grandmother) that she wanted pictures to see how her sister's family was doing and how they were living.
The hill at the back of this picture is Snoqualmie Ridge and is covered with a city now.
Look at the size of the logs on the log cabins! Those would be good thick insulation against weather and you'll notice there isn't much in the way of windows, which would also help keep the house warm.
Martha and Uncle Dan were probably neighbors who lived in the log camp. The "uncle" is a courtesy title, used for an elder in the community who is well-known and liked and known more casually to others than by, say, "Mr. Smith". (As an interesting tidbit, Eve was later known as "Aunt Eve" to many in the Fall City area including many to whom she was not related.) This photo was taken September 1, 1908.
It took a lot of work split the wood for the stove or fireplace or whatever they had in the cabins for heat and cooking. Notice the hen in front. They would have had chickens for eggs and meat.
Photographer: Jimmy Chisholm
Author/artist/designer/programmer of page: Rowan Ainslie Chisholm
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This page first posted 19 October 2007
Latest revision: 22 January 2011
