This wagon is located at the Wilderness Road State Park down below Ewing, Va. They were having their annual Heritage Festival Saturday.

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According to Wikipedia:
The Alex Cole Cabin is a historic house in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, along Roaring Fork within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The last remaining building of the community of Sugarlands community proper, it was built by Albert Alexander "Alex" Cole (1870–1958). The cabin was originally located at

35°40′0″N 83°31′17″W, across the Little Pigeon River from what is now the "Quiet Walkway" opposite the Huskey Gap Trailhead, just off Newfound Gap Road.[2] After being placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s, the cabin was moved to the Jim Bales Place along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail (the last owners of the Jim Bales Place lived in a relatively modern frame house).[3]

Alex Cole was one of the most industrious residents of the Sugarlands. In the early 1900s, Cole and his sons made a weekly trek across Sugarland Mountain via what is now the Huskey Gap Trail to Elkmont, where they worked for the Little River Lumber Company. As tourism increased in the mountains in the 1920s, Cole began offering his services as a mountain guide, especially for tourists wanting to hike to the summit of Mount Le Conte. Historian Vic Weals wrote that Cole's "considerable knowledge of his wilderness" made him "one of the more sought-after native guides."[4]

The cabin is a single-pen one-story cabin measuring approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) by 18 feet (5.5 m). The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching. Fieldstone and loose rock comprise the cabin's foundation, and the cabin's gabled roof is covered with hand-split shingles. The interior contains a sawn board floor and a loft, and is accessed by a sawn board door. The chimney is built of masonry rubble.[2]

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EXPLORE: 10/18/09

I took this shot a little over a week ago. I wish the tree in the background had a little more color to it, but, oh well! It was also taken down at the Wilderness Road State Park where the recreation of Martin's Station stands.

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This was taken last weekend at Wilderness Road State Park near Ewing, Virginia, here in Lee County. It is one of several replicas that are located at the park, and reflect the type pioneers would've built in the mid-late 1700's.

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Explore: 03/14/15

These are a couple of cabins that are located near the reconstructed fort (Martin's Station) in Ewing, Virginia at Wilderness Road State Park. The original fort was actually located several miles to the east in what is now Rose Hill, my hometown. Joseph Martin sought to establish a small settlement along the Wilderness Road in 1769, but frequent attacks by the Indians forced him to abandon it. Later, in 1775, he came back with a small party to finish the site. It was located near what is now known as Martin's Creek on the east side of Rose Hill (about 20 miles east of Cumberland Gap), and consisted of four or five cabins surrounded by a stockade. It was the only settlement between the beginning of the Wilderness Road and the beginnings of Kentucky settlements, a distance of about 200 miles. He was again forced to abandon his station for the final time in 1776 just prior to the Cherokee War.

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