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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Alaska Log Cabins <http://www.alaskacabin.net/>

Vertical log construction was used for pioneer forts. There are residential 
examples in St. Genevieve, Missouri, the oldest white settlement west of 
the Mississippi, south of St. Louis. The trick is to keep the bottom ends 
from rotting.