page_title: Emery County Cabin
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Emery County Cabin / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Dedication ceremonies of the Emery County Cabin at This Is The Place Heritage Park.
context_page_description: Emery County Cabin is one of the last few historic frontier post offices still known to exist in the United States. The cabin was constructed in 1879, and became the official post office of Muddy Creek, Emery County, Utah in the 1880s. The cabin is currently located in the Utah State Park system at This Is The Place Heritage Park.
context_section_description: The cabin was one of two built by settlers Charles Johnson and Joseph Lund on Muddy Creek homesteads. While earlier arrivals had lived in "dugouts" the Lund cabin was the first log home to be built in the area. When Lund moved back to Spring City, rancher Casper Christensen moved his family into the abandoned cabin. Christensen was named postmaster of the area in 1882, and his log home became the official post office of both Muddy Creek and Quitchupah. The logs were cut and hauled from nearby Miller’s canyon.  The logs were smoothed on one-side with grooves chopped in each end.  They were then placed on top of each other with the smooth side facing inward.  Chinks between the logs were filled with mud or clay.  Willows were used for lath, nailed to the logs, and plastered with mud.  The mud was then rubbed smooth and painted with a whitewash of lime. The roof was made with cedar shingles.
caption: The dedication ceremony of the relocated and restored Emery County Cabin, June 20, 2009
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